Giovanni Rosso
Langhe Nebbiolo 2023
| Denomination | DOC Langhe Nebbiolo |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Area | Piedmont (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Aging | In 25 hl French oak barrels from the Forest of Fontainebleau for several months. |
Description
The Langhe Nebbiolo DOC, a wine produced for the first time in 2010, is one of the most famous exponents of the Giovanni Rosso winery. The company is located in the territory of Serralunga d'Alba, a small and picturesque municipality located in the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont. This still red, with a velvety and aromatic body, is obtained from a 100% Nebbiolo grape variety using a vine cultivation system known as Guyot. Giovanni Rosso produces approximately 40,000 bottles of this wine each year. The harvest is strictly manual, taking place around mid-October. The fermentation of grape skins and must takes place over a couple of weeks in concrete containers and involves frequent pumping over; The délestage technique with maceration on the lees is also used. The aging lasts several months in 25-hectoliter French oak barrels from the Fontainebleau Forest. Langhe Nebbiolo DOC can be enjoyed both young and over the next 10 years.
Awards
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2023
91/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
Tasting notes
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Serve at:
14 -16 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1960
- Oenologist: Davide Rosso
- Bottles produced: 55.000
- Hectares: 9
Giovanni's son, Davide, studied Oenology and gained invaluable experience in France. In 2001 Davide, then 27 years old, took charge of the vinification & affinamento/elevage of the wines with one goal in mind: "Wine should be a perfect copy of its terroir"... in this case from the slopes of Serralunga d'Alba, among the finest soils in the world.
The Giovanni Rosso cantina (winery) is located in the hamlet of Baudana, just a couple of kilometres north of Serralunga d'Alba village. A traditional family cascina, or farmhouse, it houses the fermentation, ageing, bottling and labeling facilities as well as the offices.
Davide Rosso has been looking for many years for a new terroir where he could face a new challenge himself. The side-project was officially born in May 2016 with the purchase of the Etna estate near the village Solicchiata of Castiglione di Sicilia. The farm rises a few kilometers before Passopisciaro down to Montedolce, a small inactive crater that gives the name to the Contrada. We are in the northeast side of the volcano, a perfectly suited area for the production of red wines. The new holdings extend for fourteen hectares in one single plot among which just something more than six hectares are dedicated to viticulture: 1.2 ha for the whites and 5.5 ha for the reds (Carricante and Nerello Mascalese with small percentages of other local grape varieties, as the tradition requires). The training system has been renamed as "candelabro". Read more
| Name | Giovanni Rosso Langhe Nebbiolo 2023 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Langhe DOC |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Giovanni Rosso |
| Origin | Serralunga d'Alba, Roddino |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Wine making | About 25 days with daily pumping over. Vinification in cement vats without selected yeasts. |
| Aging | In 25 hl French oak barrels from the Forest of Fontainebleau for several months. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |