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Barolo is a red wine. It has been named the “the wine of kings” and the “king of wines” by wine experts across the globe. The DOC – Denominazione di Origine Controllata, which is the Italian quality assurance label for wines states that Barolo wine must be produced from 100% Nebbiolo grape and has to age for a minimum of 3 years before being available to buy. The three years includes two years of aging in a barrel and one year resting in the bottle. It is also possible to purchase Reserva Barolo, where the wine must be aged for a minimum of 5 years before being sold.
Barolo wine comes from the Piedmont region of Northern Italy and is produced from the Nebbiolo grape, which is closely related to the word, “nebbia”, meaning “fog” in Italian. The reason the grape is known as Nebbiolo is that in September and October fog is quite common in the Piedmont region, which is the time that the grapes are ready for harvesting.
The Northern part of Italy with it’s warm temperatures during the day and cool temperatures at night, enables the Nebbiolo grape to have good aromatic complexity and high levels of tannin, which makes Barolo an excellent wine for aging.
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Carretta Tenuta Cannubi
From the good 1974 vintage. Barolo lies just south-west of Alba in Italy's north-western Piedmont region. It is considered one of the finest and longest-lived wines, often referred to as 'the king of wines and the wine of kings'. Wine production is strictly limited to the vineyards located on steep hills around the towns of Barolo, La Morra, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba and Monforte d'Alba, Despite the different characteristics of these wines due to the varied terroir, they do display similar traits. These include a garnet color, powerful structure, firm tannins and high levels of acidity and alcohol, with the capacity to age for many years. …
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Price: £79.00
Stock: 5 in Stock
Prunotto Alfredo Riserva
Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.
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Price: £119.95
Stock: 1 in Stock
Prandi
This Barolo from the good 1974 vintage is a pale red, with orange browning at the rim. The nose develops into a classic barolo- roses, tea, cherries and slightly decaying leaves. The palate is alive with a warm velvet texture, pure cherry fruit with considerable elegance and amazing persistence.
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Price: £69.95
Stock: 4 in Stock
Coppa Pietro
Opened and allowed to slowly oxygenate over about several hours. Garnet colour in the glass with a slightly brownish twinge, fairly clear looking. Delicate nose of leather, birch, barnyard and forest floor. Flavors of berries, birch and a tad of raspberries. Medium acidity, fully resolved tannins, medium body.
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Price: £109.95
Stock: 1 in Stock
Alessandria Giuseppe
Dried rose petal, Licorice, black tea aromas with earthy notes and some good red cherry. Fruit is slightly more pronounced on palate, with great spice and structure. Elegant and incredibly long.
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Price: £109.95
Stock: 1 in Stock
Dogliotti
Reviews:
"Superb mature nose of sweet leather, some mustiness when open initially. The wine has smooth and rounded tannins and retains some austere fruit. Good length."
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Price: £89.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
Dellavale Fratelli
Classic Piedmont, and, it got fresher and fresher with more air, opening up with really nice red cherry scents. Absolutely feminine and just beautiful. What a bouquet here. The palate every bit as good. It had pitch perfect balance, with a stream of fresh acidity running through beautifully defined flavours of red cherries, and then dried earth, spice and mineral washed with just the littlest layer of beef stock. With time, it open up even more into a beautiful mouthful of pure, fresh cherry fruit. There was still a little layer of tannins towards the back-palate, but this was drinking beautifully, exiting in a finely focused finish that had a sneaky length to it. …
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Price: £99.00
Stock: 2 in Stock
Fracassi Marchesi
From the very good 1974 Vintage. The Fracassi Marchesi is a powerfully structured wine, tannic and deep ruby. Deep red in colour with a rich complex bouquet. Characteristic and intense perfume, delicate and harmonic, with a light scent of vanilla and flowering vineyards. It is a wine of ample taste with a warm complex flavour, and persistent, of great harmony
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Price: £89.00
Stock: 1 in Stock
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