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It’s an unmitigated treat to be able to purchase a fully mature Barolo, but it’s an even sweeter treat when that Barolo comes at pricing that’s at least 25 percent below usual. For one week from Thursday, February 2nd to Monday, February 6th, IWM is delighted to offer you three fully mature Barolos from Abbona at really great pricing. Each of these single-vineyard expressions embodies the aromatics and the fruit that Novello is renowned for, and each has its own unique beauty. The approachable ’03 gives soft, round fruit and velvety tannins; the balanced ’01 offers classic Barolo notes of berries, cinnamon, licorice and eucalyptus; and the concentrated ’00 shows the brooding side of Barolo in its dark notes of coffee, spice and earth. By the bottle or by the case, these Abbona Barolo will drink right now, or wait a few years. It’s win-win, and at this special pricing, it’s win-win-wine.
- Country: Italy
- Region: Piemonte
- Subregion: Barolo
- Commune/Village: Novello
Marziano Abbona owns a total of 40 hectares in Dogliani, Barolo, and Barbaresco. Each vineyard is planted to the grape that derives the greatest benefit from its particular aspects. Abbona even affords his less important varieties the best vineyard positioning possible, exhibiting a degree of care that is very rarely undertaken.
In the cellar, Abbona employs closed stainless-steel tanks and temperature-control, frequently pumping the juice over the must in a brief but energetic system of maceration, which extracts more color from the skins while eliciting fewer tannins. He induces an early malolactic fermentation to craft a wine of greater suppleness, smoother texture, and more expressive fruit components.
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