Ownership: Sartirano family
Average Price of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD: $30
Search Rank 6934
Over all vintages, this was the
6934th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year.
Search rank last month: 9822nd
| Critic | Score |
| CellarTracker | 85/100 (15 notes from 10 users ) |
| Award Organization | Award Year | Result |
| Decanter World Wine Awards | 2011 | Gold |
Nebbiolo is a black-skinned red wine grape variety most famous for creating the 'tar and roses' scent of Barolo wines from Piedmont, north-western Italy. The grape's very name is evocative of its home among the misty foothills of the western Alps; the nebbia (Italian for 'fog') after which it is named frequently arrives on early October mornings, when the Nebbiolo harvest is in full swing.
Most strains of Nebbiolo demonstrate a good resistance to botrytis and although early forms of Barolo were made in a sweet style, this was due to struggling ferments rather than the effects of botrytis. Unfortunately the vine showed little or no resistance to ... more
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Barolo wine region
Barolo is a traditional hillside village in the rolling hills of Piedmont, north-western Italy. The vineyards and cantine (wineries) there have long been famous for producing some of Italy's very finest red wines, predominantly from the region's signature grape variety, Nebbiolo (© Wine-Searcher.com). Fragrant, tannic Barolo wine is so revered that it was one of just three wines awarded DOCG status on the day that the classification was introduced in July, 1980 (the other two were Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano).
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