Barolo 2020

Description

Still red from Piedmont, Barolo DOCG, 14.5% ABV, produced by Figli Luigi Oddero. 100% Nebbiolo, 2020 vintage. A Barolo that embodies the passion and dedication of Luigi Oddero, a country gentleman with a love for the Langhe. Fermentation with maceration for 12–15 days using indigenous yeasts. Aged in stainless steel tanks followed by aging in medium–large oak barrels for 24 months. Bottled, it ages for at least 12 months before being released. Bright garnet red with light orange hues. Unmistakable, intense, and persistent aroma, very pleasant. Hints of sweet spices, berries, mountain hay, and licorice. Dry, soft, and velvety on the palate. Great structure and aromatic length.

Details

Perfume

Unmistakable, intense and very pleasant persistent bouquet. reminiscent of sweet spices, wild berries, mountain fruits, liquorice.

Color

Brilliant garnet red with slight orange hues.

Taste

Dry, soft and velvety flavour. great structure and aromatic length.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Figli Luigi Oddero

From this winery

• Start up year: 2006
• Oenologist: Dante Scaglione (consulente) e Francesco Versio
• Bottles produced: 100.000
• Hectares: 32

The winery was established by Luigi Oddero, a winemaker and very inquisitive and cultured man, deeply in love with his land, the Langhe. A country gentleman, as Mario Soldati described him in his 1975 interview, which was published in the book Vino al Vino. A man who combined a practical mind and long-term vision, well representing the fusion between energies of the past and the skill of looking ahead. A charismatic figure, poised between progress and preservation, always turning his attention to technical innovation, but doing so without ever losing sight of his family’s history, which began in the 1800s with his grandparents, winemakers and wine merchants themselves.

Luigi, while busy experimenting with and planting international varieties, always gave preference to the Langhe’s native variety, Nebbiolo, and to all the other local traditional grapes, such as Barbera, Dolcetto and Freisa. In more recent times, he kept pursuing Barolo’s traditional winemaking method by using large barrels.

Luigi was not only a winegrower. Driven by the passion for his land, he also grew hazelnut and peach trees and other typical fruits of the Langhe hills.

Today, after Luigi’s death, the winery is managed by his wife Lena and children Maria and Giovanni, who were named after their great-grandparents, with whom the winery’s history began. And so, tradition represents continuity, the common thread running through the past, present and future. Read more

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	Figli Luigi Oddero Barolo 2020
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Barolo DOCG
Vintage	2020
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Nebbiolo
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Figli Luigi Oddero
Origin	La Morra, Serralunga d'Alba, Castiglione Falletto
Soil composition	High hillside soils belonging to two geological eras: Helvetian and Tortonian. Characterised by deep layers of tuffaceous marls and clay layers mixed with reddish sand.
Cultivation system	Espalier with rows spaced two metres apart. guyot arch pruning. controlled grassing, without the use of herbicides, weedkillers and desiccants.
Yield per hectare	70 q.
Harvest	End of September - first fortnight of October. The grapes are hand-picked with rigorous selection both in the vineyard and before destemming-crushing.
Wine making	Fermentation with maceration for a period of 12 - 15 days by indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation carried out between autumn and the following spring.
Aging	In stainless steel tanks with subsequent ageing in medium to large oak casks for 24 months. Matured in bottle for at least 12 months before release.
Allergens	Contains sulphites