Oddero, Barbaresco Gallina 2016
Italy, Piedmont & North West
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DESCRIPTION
An elegant and refined Barbaresco from one of Piedmont's famous, and still family run, wineries.
The lowdown:
Along with its famous neighbour Barolo, Barbaresco is one of the two well known expressions of Nebbiolo, Piedmont's signature red grape. The Oddero family have long been making wines in this part of the world and their experience and skill is second to none. This cuvée, coming from a small 2 hectare plots, only manages about 6,000 bottles per vintage so not much of it is seen about. After fermentation the wine is aged in large oak barrels until bottling at the end of the summer following the vintage it's then bottle aged for a further 6 months before release. It's a wonderfully perfumed wine with ripe red fruits, violets and spices to the fore. On the palate there are black cherries and plums with a tobacco hint and good minerality sweeping across it. Firmly structured with close grained tannins it's nevertheless really elegant and refined with a long flavourfilled finish.
17.5/20 - Walter Speller (jancisrobinson.com)
When to drink:
You can drink it now, but it would certainly reward leaving n the cellar for a year or two yet. Drink it alongside richly flavoured red meat, or game dishes.
PRODUCER
Poderi e Cantine Oddero
Poderi e Cantine Oddero was established in the late 18th century by the Oddero family in the Piedmontese town of La Morra in the Langhe hills where they're still situated. In the 1890s, Giovanni Battista Oddero established the first winery of their own and his sons, Lorenzo and Luigi and subsequent generations have followed in his footsteps. Today, the sixth and seventh generations of the family in the shape of Mariacristina who has been at the helmsonce the 1990s and her children, Isabella and Pietro, continue the viticultural tradition.
Located in Santa Maria, La Morra, they have a total of 35 hectares of vines, from where they produce some of Piedmonts most famous wines using a mix of traditional knowledge paired with modern production techniques. From 16.5 hectares of Nebbiolo for the produce a range of Barolo and Barbaresco. And several of those vineyards are codified Menzioni Geografiche Aggiuntive. In 2008, they began practicing organic vineyard management and by 2017 had achieved certification for 18 hectares of their vineyards.
DETAILS
| Categories | Wine / Red Wine / Structured, Complex Reds |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont & North West |
| Grape Variety | Nebbiolo |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Volume | 75cl |
| ABV | 14% |
| SKU | OD0116RN |
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