2010 Langhe Nebbiolo, Coste, Ferdinando Principiano

2010 Langhe Nebbiolo, Coste, Ferdinando Principiano

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2010 Langhe Nebbiolo, Coste, Ferdinando Principiano

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Bottled on the 15th August 2011, this is one of the prettiest, crunchiest examples of Nebbiolo around. Drawn mainly from Ferdinando’s plot of young vines in the Serralunga vineyard of Boscareto, the 2010 vintage shows the benefit of the sandy calc soils & a western exposure that soaks up the afternoon sun.

The nose bright with raspberres, ethereal, leafy fresh. To taste there’s lots of crunchy, spangly fruit, punchy too, plenty of rose petal fragrance, of flesh too. Made only in stainless-steel, stabilised naturally outside in the cold winter, the wine’s sensibly bottled with 50mg of sulphur dioxide as protection. This is a delightful, easy drinking introduction to the brilliant world of Nebbiolo!
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer

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Ferdinando Principiano

Ferdinando Principiano

Ferdinando Principiano is one of the new crop of exciting young winegrowers to farm Piedmont's Langhe hills. He graduated from Alba's Scuola Viticole Umberto-1 in 1993, joining his father Americo at the Monforte d'Alba domaine following an apprenticeship at both Giacomo Conterno & Roberto Voerzio; the best of both worlds you could say.
Initially seduced by the '90s fashion for making supped-up wines that 'guaranteed' 100 point scores in American magazines, Ferdinando changed direction in 2003 when he found that these same wines proved undrinkable, falling over with age.

Now the yields are not so low; the vineyards rich with wildlife; the roto-fermentors removed; his foot off the gas.
Boscareto, Le Coste, Pian Romualdo & Santa Anna are the key vineyards that make up the 10 hectare family estate, producing approx 35,000 bottles per annum of Dolcetto, Barbera & Nebbiolo wines. And since 2006 he has started producing approx. 150 cases/annum of Barolo from 0.5 hectare of Monforte's prized Ravera vineyard.

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Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region.

A notoriously pernickety grape, it requires sheltered south-facing sites and performs best on the well-drained calcareous marls to the north and south of Alba in the DOCG zones of Barbaresco and Barolo.

Langhe Nebbiolo is effectively the ‘second wine’ of Piedmont’s great Barolo & Barbarescos. This DOC is the only way Langhe producers can declassify their Barolo or Barbaresco fruit or wines to make an early-drinking style. Unlike Nebbiolo d’Alba, Langhe Nebbiolo can be cut with 15% other red indigenous varieties, such as Barbera or Dolcetto.

Nebbiolo flowers early and ripens late, so a long hang time, producing high levels of sugar, acidity and tannins; the challenge being to harvest the fruit with these three elements ripe and in balance. The best Barolos and Barbarescos are perfumed with aromas of tar, rose, mint, chocolate, liquorice and truffles. They age brilliantly and the very best need ten years to show at their best.

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