ODDERO 2010 Barolo Brunate Piedmont Italy DOCG

·         Grape variety – Nebbiolo 100%

·         Municipality: La Morra, Sheet n. 11,

·         Age of the vines – between 50 and 60 years

·         Harvest time – First ten days of October

·         Production – 2000 bottles

·         Winemaking – Great importance to the cultivation of the vine, with organic method since 2010, strict manual selection of the grapes both in the vineyard and in the cellar with a sliding belt, destemming and very delicate pressing. In the best vintages, manual shelling. Fermentation and maceration for about 25 days, at a controlled temperature of about 28° C. Malolactic fermentation follows in December.

·         Ageing – Aging in 20 Hl French oak barrels for about 30 months. Bottling at the end of summer, further refinement in the bottle before marketing for a period of one year.

·         Tasting notes – Ruby color tending to garnet with intense notes of rose and violet, accompanied by a hint of wet earth and ripe red fruit. Very long tannins, however sweet, speak of an evolution that will be completed much later in time.