Langhe Nebbiolo, Nebbiolo DOC 2022 1500ml Magnum
Sottimano's Langhe Nebbiolo comes from Neive in Piedmont and shows the grape in its purest form: spontaneously fermented, unfined, unfiltered.
CHF 53.00
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Available for Switzerland
Magnum — counts as 2 bottles in the case.
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About this wine
Character
A Nebbiolo that hides nothing: clear red fruit, young tannin and the acidity that carries this variety. Because Sottimano bottles it unfined and unfiltered, the wine feels all the more alive in the glass. Dry, 14.5% vol.
Terroir and origin
The vines grow on the hills of Neive and Treiso within the Barbaresco zone. In Cottà, where Rino Sottimano acquired the estate in the late 1960s, the family farms just under twenty hectares; many vines, planted in the 1970s and 80s, are now fifty to sixty years old. When the winery opts for declassification, grapes from the Basarin single vineyard also go into the Langhe Nebbiolo.
Grape variety and vinification
Pure Nebbiolo. Andrea Sottimano lets the must macerate on the skins for up to sixty days, allowing the wine to develop colour, tannin and structure at its own pace. Fermentation is spontaneous, driven by wild yeasts from the vineyard and cellar. Malolactic fermentation only begins once the cellar naturally warms up in spring, and can continue into autumn. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration.
On the palate
Sour cherry and red forest berries, underscored by dried rose petals, undergrowth and fine spice. The acidity stays juicy, and the young, firm tannin gives the wine the backbone it needs for a few years of bottle ageing.
Distinctive features
Organic viticulture for over forty years, with no herbicides or synthetic fertilisers: the grass between the rows is mown two to three times a year, and every other row is ploughed in autumn. Bottled in 1500 ml magnums by Az. Agr. Sottimano in Neive.
