2017 Barolo Brezza

Full glass-stoppered bottle 1,220 g. Certified organic. Blend from several vineyards in the south-west of the Barolo region around Barolo, Monforte d’Alba and Novello. Planted in 1991, they have been organically farmed since 2010. The Nebbiolo vines are Lampia clones and are grown on rootstocks K5BB and 420A.The wine was made organically with minimal sulphites. The must was fermented at controlled temperatures, followed by maceration for all of 30 days, extracting flavour, colour and tannins. It then underwent malolactic conversion. The wine was then transferred to large Slavonian oak casks of 15 to 30 hectolitres where it matured for 24 months. It received one year's bottle ageing in the cellar prior to release. Pale transparent ruby. Very complete and accessible from this hot vintage with an alluringly fresh aroma and fine-boned structure. The fruit more than compensates for the acid and tannin and there's a rather attractive tamarind note. Much more intense than the 2018 Nebbiolo d'Alba, Vigna Santa Rosalia. (JR)