DESCRIPTION:

The origins of Barolo Chinato date back to the nineteenth century and it is a precious elixir according to the popular culture.

They are aromatic wines that are prepared using GCDO Barolo with infusion of China Calissaja bark, rhubarb root, and about ten other aromatic herbs (gentian, quinine bark of which extracts are obtained through maceration at room temperature, with a final addition of spices, including selected cardamom seeds. )

HISTORY AND CULTURE: In Italy the consumption of Barolo Chinato was helped by its medicinal attributes. In Piedmontese folklore it became the principal antidote to many ailments, above all, the common cold. Drunk as vin brulè, hot and fortifying, its antipyretic and digestion-aiding qualities were well-known.

ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS: Consumers appreciate today the balance and harmony of the aromas, the immediately pleasing taste and the long finish of this product of infusion with twenty-one herbs and spices mixed in precise proportions with a great wine.

WORD OF ADVICE: There are many occasions to appreciate this wine particularly when it is served at room temperature as refined digestive at the end of the meal or warmed up at steam with an orange peel.