red grape · regional staple
Nebbiolo
Piedmont, Italy
Say it
neh·bee·oh·loh
Double 'b' gives a slightly lengthened stop; final 'o' is not clipped.
On the palate
Body
medium full
Acidity
high
Tannin
high
Aromatics
pronounced
rosevioletred cherrytarlicoriceleather
How you spot it blind: tar-and-roses perfume with fierce tannin and high acidity
The story
First written down · 1268, Rivoli, Piedmont
First recorded in a 1268 document noting its cultivation in Rivoli; the modern dry Barolo style was developed in the early 19th century, with the Falletti family and French enologist Louis Oudart credited for the shift from sweet to dry vinification.
Where it lives
Barolo DOCG, Piedmont · Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmont · Gattinara DOCG, Piedmont · Valtellina, Lombardy
Shows up as
still redBaroloBarbarescoLanghe NebbioloGattinaraSforzato di Valtellina
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Also answers to Spanna, Chiavennasca.
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