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Praeter Langhe Nebbiolo 2020
$79
Description
Historically from the La Morra Specola Cru from 2020 the fruit is sourced from the Druca Cru in Barolo. Declassified Barolo! Not for quality, but, for the shorter ageing timeframe. BOOM! The rest of the fruit from this Cru goes into the Langhe Nebbiolo. Specola is now bottled as a Cru Barolo with some of the fruit going into the Classico.
The shift in Cru was based on a desire to find fruit with softer tannin to handle 100% wholebunch, an uncommon technique in Piedmont, though one on the rise. The Cru is near Novello and Ravera. The site allows more hang time & the ripeness of tannins needed for wholebunch ferment. Interestingly Cogno now use wholebunch fermentation for all of his 4 iterations of Ravera.
Matt was looking for more density of fresh fruit. A site that could offer the impeccable fruit required for this technique.
It’s a delicious example of Nebbiolo, a slatey, mineral, feel off a cool site & pure fruit aromas. Excellent mid-palate density. Perfume with a faint grippy wholebunch edge that works very well, lovely spice and core of impressive fruit.
It’s great to see this in direct comparison with Figli Luigi Oddero’s Langhe Nebbiolo made in their traditional style with 100% destemmed fruit.
Matt has shown great touch. Combining 6 years working with Francesco Versio and Luigi Oddero his Aussie experience has, as it turns out, been a perfect match!
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