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Barolo, like most nebbiolo-based wines, is known for its light colour and lack of opacity.. Barolo (/ b ə ˈ r oʊ l oʊ / bə-ROH-loh, US also / b ɑː ˈ-/ bar-OH-loh, Italian: [baˈrɔːlo]; Piedmontese: bareul) is a red denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG) wine produced in the northern Italian region of Piedmont.
The Barbera grape is the most widely planted variety in all of the Piedmont and makes a juicy, muscular red wine that is not as tannic as Barolo and Barbaresco. It is grown in nearly every major wine making region of the Piedmont but seems to do best in the southern part of the province of Asti in the Nizza DOCG zone.
In its youth, Aglianico is very tannic and concentrated, requiring a few years of ageing before it can be approachable. As it ages, the fruit becomes more pronounced and the tannins more balanced with the rest of the wine. The trademark coloring of the wine is a deep garnet. [5] In well made examples of the wine, it can have chocolate and plum ...
Nebbiolo (/ ˌ n ɛ b i ˈ oʊ l oʊ /, [1] Italian: [nebˈbjɔːlo]; Piedmontese: nebieul) is an Italian red wine grape variety predominantly associated with its native Piedmont region, where it makes the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara, Ghemme, and Roero, together with numerous DOC wines.
A wine sourced with fruit from the Sugarille vineyard which was first recorded in the inventory of Pieve parish church in 1547. It is a 100% Sangiovese varietal wine with one year in barriques and one year in large oak casks, followed by at least two years of bottle aging. It is classified Brunello di Montalcino DOCG.
Barolo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Turin and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Cuneo. As of 30 April 2009, it had a population of 750 and an area of 5.6 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi).
Detail of a Giacomo Conterno Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia. Giacomo Conterno is an Italian wine producer from the Piemonte region in the district of Langhe.From a winery located in Monforte d'Alba, the Barolo and Barbera wines are made by traditionalist methods and are widely considered among the finest produced in the Barolo zone.
Terre del Barolo is a cooperative winery based in Castiglione Falletto, in the Langhe area of northern Italy, renowned for the production of the main Piedmontese wines. Founded in 1958, Cantina Terre del Barolo is one of the most historic cooperative wineries still active in Piedmont.