Vintage 2008
After an early 2007 vintage, 2008 was regular with normal spring rhythms. The days before summer were variable and rainy. The beginning of the summer was mild and wet with low quantities keeping high quality. The ripening was late, but the stable weather of September and August was helpful. Alta Langa harvest started on the last week of August and went on until half September. The grapes, well balanced and ripe, took advantage of the good weather conditions. The vintage was good especially for Alta Langa appellation.
Wine details
Vintage: 2008
Winemaker: Paolo Giacosa
Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo
Growing Area: Oesio (Canale)
Alcohol: 14,50 %
Food: It pairs with mushrooms risotto, meat and braise meat, and aged cheese. Truffles and at the end of the meal with flakes of dark chocolate. A sipping wine after dinner.
Characters
Young Aged
Light Bodied
Sweet Dry
Steel Oak
Winemaker's Notes
Colour: ruby red with garnet hues.
Nose: intense, elegant with violet scents, marasca cherry, with red small fruits and floral aromas. Very recognisable the intensity of Nebbiolo grapes with hint of spices, coffee, leather and dried flowers.
Palate: fine, elegant, medium- to full-bodied and very well-balanced with pleasantly tannins and a long finish. Affinity nose-palate.
Serving: 16 - 18 °C
Cellaring: 20 years
Vineyard Information
Exposure: S, SO, SE
Vines age: 15-30 years
Soil: sandy-loamy
Yield: 6500 kg/ha
Harvests: 100% hand-harvested
Training system: Guyot
Farming practices: Sustainable Viticulture
Winemaking Information
PRE-FERMENTATION PROCEDURES: grape bunches are hand–sorted on a vibrating table and chilled with carbonic snow to avoid oxidation and reduce considerably the use of sulphur. After destemming, berries are hand-sorted on a second vibrating table and finally softly crushed.
This process is “100% screw conveyor free” to handle grapes as gently as possible.
FERMENTATION PROCESS: the must is cooled to preserve its best characters before fermentation in conic oak vats at controlled temperature. The maceration is long acting using délestage and, partially, submerged cap technique for over 25 days.
OAK REFINEMENT: the ageing is made in medium size oak casks (2500-4000 litres) and a little part in barriques followed by a long ageing in the bottle.
The difference is...
Oesio Roero Oltredieci is an important wine produced only in small quantity and only in extraordinary vintages with the full respect of sustainable viticulture’s practices. Thanks to the clay and sandstone soil this wine beyond 10 years is the proof of the potentiality of nebbiolo grown in these hills.
