Average Price of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD: $182
Search Rank 7815
Over all vintages, this was the
7815th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year.
Search rank last month: 9557th
| Critic | Score | When to drink |
| Wine Spectator | 91/100 | |
| Stephen Tanzer | 89/100 | |
| Vinum Wine Magazine | 16/20 | 1999 to 2005 |
| Gambero Rosso | 3/3 | 2000 to 2005 |
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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Barbaresco wine region
Barbaresco is one of the great wines of the Piedmont region in north-western Italy. Historically it was called Nebbiolo di Barbaresco (Nebbiolo being the grape it's made from) and was used by the Austrian General Melas to celebrate his victory over the French in 1799. Only in the middle of the 19th century was the wine we know today vinified into a dry style.
This aristocratic red was awarded its DOCG classification in 1980. Its vineyards are situated in the Langhe, on the right-hand side of the Tanaro river and extending from the area north-east of Alba to the communes of Barbaresco, Nieve and Treiso, as well as San Rocco S ... more
- Piedmont DOCG wine region
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