Fiera Milano City and surrounding areas - First Meeting History - Myth - Territory Start with a few minutes late event Saturday 29 January, in the usual room at the Westin Palace in Milan, the first of two afternoon events dedicated to Barolo.
takes the microphone Carosso Mauro, director of AIS Torino, elected in 2010 in the National Council, he was appointed Head of National Services, today we'll talk about history and three municipalities: Verdun, La Morra and Barolo, tasting six wines.
laudable initiative of the producers to give the wine for this event, so that the proceeds should be donated to a domestic project in Haiti, where a priest, a native of the Langhe, is working on behalf of children, obviously the AIS has supported the cause, and donate the entire collection. Alongside
Mauro Carosso we Roberto Marro, his collaborator, journalist and editor, works with the newspaper La Stampa in Turin.
The Barolo was a key part in the history of this wine, the Falletti family, lived in the Castle of Barolo, but the history of wine began many centuries before, with the community of the Ligurian Stazielli, who were defeated by Roman legions near Acqui Terme, a strategic area for trade, crossroads and near the sea. Alba and Pollenzo were cities founded by the Romans during the period of Julius Caesar begins to talk about Nebbiolo. In the Middle Ages, we have the first document in the Castello di Rivoli, near Turin, in The Statutes of La Morra 1512 is mentioned, "Nebiolium" and in 1606 Giovan Battista Croce, jeweler of Savoy, he wrote a book in which he cites the wine produced in the hills of Turin. In 1751, speaking for the first time officially Barolo, in London, thanks to a shipment of wine. Thomas Jefferson in 1787, is to visit the wine regions of Italy and France and writes on this occasion, many notes, in the resurgence Barolo meets the history of Italy, Camillo Benso di Cavour, who created the modern Barolo, After leaving the army he devoted himself to the family estates in Grinzane are about 205 hectares. Nebbiolo is planted next to 5 acres of Pinot Noir and called Stagliero as winemaker, who will bring fermentation in closed tanks, the use of sulfur and barrels for aging. This wine is like and can market it well. Another personality who has given so much to wine is Oudart Louis, French Burgundy wine trade in Genoa, he moved to Barolo to bring the long maceration and bottling of wine. Oudart is also the first sparkling wine in the Cortese. Juliette Colbert Maulévrier, belonging to a noble French family, wife Tancredi Falletti and moved to Turin, Tancred died in 1838 and she remains in the Langhe asking Camillo Benso di Cavour Oudart to lend the wine maker to improve its wines. Carlo Alberto, the father of the first King of Italy, wine drinks Marchesa, made to him to get to Turin on board of 365 minus 40, which are the days of Lent, wagons each with a barrel of Barolo. Savoy also begin to produce Barolo and thanks to John Vial, deputy chef of the court, to merge with the French and Piedmontese cuisine, which is in assisting in the preparation of the dishes.
The Barolo area in Alba and reaches the Tanaro River, which divides the Langhe Roero, eleven municipalities producing: Cherasco, La Morra, Verdun, Roddi Grinzane Cavour, Diano d'Alba, Castiglione Falletto , Serralunga d'Alba, Monforte d'Alba, Barolo and Novello. The name comes from the Langhe language, the form of long, narrow hills. The World Barolo is divided into two territories:
- Land Tortonian: Verdun, La Morra and Barolo, the yellow loam, fine wines and elegant
- Land Helvetian: Castiglione Falletto, Monforte d'Alba and Serralunga d 'Alba, gray marl, complex wines suited to the aging and over the years
Docg since 1980, recently amended specification to insert the name of the vineyards, which are 171, of which eighteen thirty-eight months in wood, for the words "Reserve "62 months of which 18 are in wood, do not specify the size of the barrel. Currently the most widely used graft is the 420A, has roots that go in for depth, the new clones grafted produce a lot more to this killing is most commonly used in the vineyard.
Verduno , a town famous for Pelaverga, native grapes, the vines are: Boscatto, Massara, Monvigliero, San Lorenzo, etc ... etc ... A small country with companies that work well, only small vineyards by extension, but big in the final result. The vineyard Monvigliero has a total of 11 hectares and has a historical dispute with Cannubi, vineyard in Barolo, and the fact that it is the last vineyard in the Langhe, Roero and before the river Tanaro.
Fratelli Alessandria Barolo Monvigliero 2005 company founded in early 800, have 12 acres of property plus 2 on lease, this Barolo 5000 bottles produced from a vineyard of 30 years. Garnet-colored wine alive, not a great vintage, spicy, still a young wine, with hints of violets and ripe fruit, medicinal herbs, slightly astringent tannins, tasty.
GB Burlotto 2001 Barolo steep company with great traditions over time, were among the first to bottle wine, 3 and 12 acres of property for rent, the name encompasses the three steep vineyards that contribute to produce this Barolo Monvigliero , Neirane and Rocca d'Olmo. A complex wine, ripe, iodine, nose broad and generous, the nose of fruit and violet aromas, the palate is round and enveloping.
La Morra, territory, the greater wealth and substance of the wine compared to Verduno, the vines that deserve to be listed are: dark, Capalot, Rocchettevino, Cerequio, and Arborina Gattera, the latter distinguished by a large Lebanese cedar that overcomes, the estate of Cordero di Montezemolo.
Accomasso Rocchette Barolo Riserva 2004 great vintage, traditional wine, long maceration, which is sold after 5 years from vintage. A company with only 3.5 hectares, all in the town of La Morra, classic Langhe winemaker. The wine is rich, with hints of blackberries and cherries, tannic, end and mature.
Voerzio Barolo Vecchie Viti of Capalot and Brunate Riserva 1999 produced only in Magnum, the cost is around € 200, very low yields per hectare, on their own since 1986, Robert Voerman has 13 acres of property for rent and 7, no use is made of sulfur dioxide. Wine recognizable personality, linked to the territory, exasperation on the yield, characteristics constant over time, wine with good body, hints of licorice, persistent, deep garnet color.
Barolo, the vineyards most representative of this council are: Cannubi, Boschis, San Lorenzo, and Vallette Castellero. Just Vine Cannubi we have the old bottle of Barolo dated 1752.
Barale Fratelli Barolo Riserva 2003 Castellero room we Sergio Barale, producer of this company founded in 1870, 10 and 10 acres of property for rent. Vigna polyclonal, which mature later in the summers so hot you have the best result, a hill with fresh morning dew, no clarification, and in bottle for at least 12 months, crushing, rimantaggi light and frequent, 3 years in French oak. With balsamic wine, tannic and aggressive, long-lived, and spicy notes of licorice, smell challenging. Personally I consider him the best of the six wines for tasting today.
Sandrone Barolo Cannubi Boschis presented in 1996 Magnum company founded in 1978 by Luciano Sandrone, the first year of product output in 1981, 1500 bottles, almost a manifesto of the new Barolo, 20 acres of property for rent and 7, 35 quintals per hectare yield, malolactic fermentation in wood, these bottles are dated November 1998, before the service have been praised, wine of great softness, perfect quality given the age of a great wine.
All six wines tasted this evening and personally selected by Mauro Carosso, have expressed a high quality, are of a medium-high above the fourth and sixth. Hello
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