Nebbiolo
75cl * 14.5% ABV * Barolo, Italy
Cannubi is considered the Grand Cru of Barolo, an extraordinary wine in terms of style and elegance. The quality of the grapes from the Cannubi hill comes from the particular composition of the soil: a high percentage of sand (up to 45%) gives the grapes intense aromas of cherry, plum and tobacco. The vines are between 30 and 50 years old.
This wine has a beautiful garnet ruby red color with a rust-red rim. On the nose there's an enveloping perfume with fruity notes of cherry and plum and evolved hints of tobacco, licorice and cocoa.
Upon tasting, the palate is harmonious, with a pleasantly dry flavour, with soft tannins and sensations of body and fullness. It has a long, lingering finish and is perfect with full-flavoured Piedmontese-style dishes, ie anything made with white truffle... or just roasted meat.
"The fruit feels so comfortable here, in the ripe-red zone; it ranges from cherry kernal to chocolate coated red plums to glazed cherries. Integrated hints of bark and sandalwood. Full-bodied with strapping tannins and muscular, imposing structure and power. Notwithstanding, everything is in striking balance and delivered with remarkable precision and grit." 98 Points, James Suckling, September 2020
"Deep nose with quite a bit of concentration but not open by far. Quite firm yet elegant palate with coating tannins sticking to the embryonic, sweet-sour cherry fruit. Very long and juicy and tightly build. Firmer style of Cannubi." 17.5 points, Walter Speller, Jancis Robinson.com, July 2020
"In so many ways, 2016 is all about being in the right place at the right time for Barolo... The result is a vintage full of truly spectacular, breathtaking wines that captures all the pedigree that Nebbiolo and Barolo are capable of." Antonio Galloni on the 2016 Vintage