Gianfranco Bovio Barolo
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100% Nebbiolo from the Piedmont Region. Barolo needs to be aged for at least 36 months after the harvest before release, of which at least 18 months must be in wood. After aging of at least five years before release, the wine can be labeled Riserva.
Tasting notes: ruby red colored, this wine shows bricklike hues, it’s fresh to the nose, vibrant with nut and leathery scents. The palate is soft, featuring a sweet traditional tannin, elegant and persistent.
Vinification and refining: Fermentation and maceration goes on for about 10 days in temperature - controlled tanks, using native yeasts. A brief maceration of the grapes and of the grape skins follows. The wine is eventually transferred to large wood barrels.
In the past, Barolo wines tended to be rich in tannin. It can take more than 10 years for the wine to soften and become ready for drinking. Fermenting wine sat on the grape skins for at least three weeks, extracting huge amounts of tannins and was then aged in large, wooden casks for years. In order to appeal to more modern international tastes, those that prefer fruitier, earlier-drinking wine styles, several producers began to cut fermentation times to a maximum of ten days and age the wine in new French oak barriques (small barrels). "Traditionalists" have argued that the wines produced in this way are not recognizable as Barolo and taste more of new oak than of wine. The controversies between traditionalists and modernists have been called the "Barolo wars".
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