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Abbona Barolo, 2018
750ml
$54.99
*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
Product Highlights
James Suckling-Italy - Piedmont - "Aromas of plum and cedar with some cherry oak. Medium to full body, chewy tannins and a juicy finish. Nice depth of fruit for the vintage. Drink after 2024 and onwards."
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OVERVIEW
Producer Story
Juliette Colbert de Maulevrier, a French noblewoman, started what later became the Marchesi di Barolo winery in the early 1800s. Passionate about wine, she was one of the few women involved in growing and making at the time.
The Abbona family inherited Marchesi di Barolo and have been making astounding wines there since 1895. Today, Valentina Abbona, a sixth-generation producer, heads the winery. When she was a kid, her parents told her Juliette’s story and even now it inspires Valentina to follow her passion for wine.
Varietal / Type
The great Nebbiolo grape is the star of Italy’s Piedmont region, where the foothills of the Alps provide craggy slopes that seem to suit this temperamental variety. Nebbiolo wines are produced throughout the region, most famously in Barolo and Barbaresco. These classic red wines are prized by collectors. With medium alcohol levels, high tannins and acidity, the powerful Barolo and elegant Barbaresco wines can age for decades, developing a range of interesting and unique flavors: rose petals, red fruits, licorice, spice and tar.
Elsewhere around the Piedmont, Nebbiolo is used to make more accessible varietal wines and red blends, including Gattinara, Ghemme and Roero. Although winemakers in the United States and Australia have tried their hands at producing Nebbiolo wines, none has been able to reproduce the legendary wines Nebbiolo makes in northwest Italy.