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The Society's Exhibition Langhe Nebbiolo 2022

Red Wine from Italy - NW Italy (Piedmont)

2 Reviews

Enrico Dellapiana makes this nebbiolo for us from young vines in Barbaresco-certified vineyards; in other words, it is a 'baby Barbaresco' and has all the perfume and purity you would expect from Barbaresco itself. Aged in large oak before release, this is an elegant wine with fragrant rose-petal, violet and red cherry flavours.

£14.95 Bottle

£179.00 Case of 12

In Stock

Code: IT41711

Wine characteristics

Red Wine
Medium-bodied
Nebbiolo
75cl
Now to 2030
14% Alcohol
oak used but not v. noticeable
Cork, natural

Rizzi

The wines of Barbaresco are made from the same grape as Barolo, nebbiolo, but tend to be softer, more fragrant and immediately appealing, more ‘feminine’ than the sterner more ‘masculine’ virtues of the latter. Barbaresco is only a third the size of its neighbour Barolo, with only three communes, Barbaresco, Neive and Treiso. In a recent comparative tasting of wines of Barbaresco the wines of Rizzi were notable for their fruit and perfume.

The Dellapiano family have lived here since the 19th century but it was the grandfather who first bought land and the father who was first to bottle his own wine seriously. The family know their land extremely well and have a highly intelligent attitude to winemaking to make the most of their grapes.

Rizzi, named after one of the crus, is owned by Enrico Dellapiano and sister Jole, who own 35 hectares of vines on slopes both sides of the hill on top of which their winery sits. 15 hectares are planted with nebbiolo and their holdings lie in all three Barbaresco zones, including the four crus of Rizzi, Pajorè, Manzola and Nervo.