2019 Barolo, Diego e Damiano Barale, Piedmont, Italy

2019 Barolo, Diego e Damiano Barale, Piedmont, Italy

Product: 20198065481
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2019 Barolo, Diego e Damiano Barale, Piedmont, Italy

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Diego and Damiano Barale’s Barolo Classico comes from a blend of their two vineyards in the Barolo and Monforte communes, which contribute different characteristics to create a harmonious blend. This wine is particularly stunning in 2019. The west-facing, sandy soils of the Monrobiolo di Bussia cru bring a warmth and richness, with notes of succulent cherry and chewy tannins. The cooler, east-facing, marly soils of San Giovanni elevate this powerful wine with fragrance and mineral purity. Balanced, concentrated and fine, the quality of the vintage really shines through here.

Drink 2023 – 2038

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Jancis Robinson MW17+/20

Just mid ruby. Subdued red fruit but with a sense of fullness on the nose. Succulent and slow to open up on the palate. Raspberry fruit lined with tasty tannins. Poised and with great length.

Drink 2023-2032

Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (June 2023)

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About this WINE

Diego e Damiano Barale

Diego e Damiano Barale

Situated in the village of Barolo, Barale is one of the great winemaking names of Piedmont, with a winemaking legacy dating back to the 17th century. Brothers Diego and Damiano Barale are the latest and most exciting new branch of this impressive lineage. The brothers took the helm in 2012, following in the footsteps of their late father Carlo, and are committed to producing incredible vintage-specific wines from select parcels across Barolo and Monforte.

The brothers practice organic viticulture to best articulate their terroir, although you won't find certification on the label. Vinification is very traditional, slow and natural, taking place in steel tanks. The crus are co-fermented for Barolo – this historical technique is gaining favour once more, as it builds complexity and balance in the wines from their inception. The wines are then aged in French tonneaux, in the ancient, vaulted cellar of the cantina.

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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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