Sottimano Langhe Nebbiolo

The Sottimano winery is one of the most typical and representative of the Barbaresco area, churning out an impressive – and sometimes incomparable - range of Nebbiolo year after year. Wines of great elegance but traditional at the same time, authoritative, classic but unrepeatable, noble, austere and refined at the same time. The down-to-earth and passionate winemakers, Rino and Andrea Sottimano, have now converted their wonderful vineyards to biological, and also produce an incredible young Nebbiolo which is among the best and more consistently excellent in the Langhe.

The Nebbiolo di Sottimano comes from the legendary 3.7 hectares of the Basarin vineyard in the municipality of Neive. This highly prestigious historical vineyard at a high altitude gives the wine an exceptional taste-aroma elegance, which is expressed in a bouquet which can already (and can even more so in the future) lay a claim to the highest appellation, Barbaresco. For now, given the young age of the vineyard (about 15 years old), the Sottimanos indeed still prefer to bottle this Barbaresco like a cru from Langhe Nebbiolo of enormous potential.

A wine of extraordinary class and personality, it is of a bright garnet red colour. At first the aroma has subtle spicy notes, to then open up to cherry and tobacco and with light shades of dried rose and liquorice. On the palate, it has a sturdy structure and silky and enveloping tannins; warm and elegant, the finish recalls the typical balsamic tones of Neive, its terroir of origin. Vinified with only native yeasts and never filtered, it undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged in barriques (15% new) for about a year. Excellent with meat-based first courses, game, braised meat, red meat stews and aged cheeses.