The Winery Tenuta Cucco is one of the best wineries to follow in Barolo.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Barolo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Tenuta Cucco wines in Barolo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Tenuta Cucco wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Tenuta Cucco wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Tenuta Cucco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of vegetable noddles, pasta with puttanesca sauce or chakchouka.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Tenuta Cucco. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tobacco or strawberries. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Tenuta Cucco. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
"King of wines, wine of kings": exceptional Piedmont red, 100% Nebbiolo. Garnet robe evolving to brick, complex signature aromas of faded rose, sour cherry, tar, white truffle, leather, undergrowth and spice. Firm tannins and lively acidity structure a long ageing (15-30 years+). Minimum 38 months ageing including 18 in barrel (62 for Riserva).
11 villages of the Langhe south of Alba, marl-limestone soils. DOCG since 1980. Classified MGA: Cannubi, Brunate, Bussia. Italian cellar icon.
How Winery Tenuta Cucco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed tomatoes with thermomix, congolese pondu or magic cake cheese quiche.
Intense, fruity reds with a deep purple robe, supple tannins and an ample palate with characteristically very high acidity, with signature aromas of red fruits (black cherry, morello), ripe plum, spices, violet and Piedmontese balsamic notes. Star of Barbera d'Asti DOCG and Barbera d'Alba DOC, also exported to Argentina (Mendoza) and California. Italian black variety, the third most planted red grape in Italy, originating from Piedmont.
How Winery Tenuta Cucco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lasagna with pointed cabbage, chinese fondue or quiche with comté cheese and cured ham.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Tenuta Cucco. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Tenuta Cucco. is a powerful.
Aromas reminiscent of balsam, resin, incense, but also vanilla or liquorice wood.
Planning a wine route in the of Barolo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Tenuta Cucco.
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
