It comes from all the estate’s vineyards, five of the best Crus in Barolo area: Liste, Cannubi, Cannubi San Lorenzo, Fossati and San Pietro delle Viole. The first one, was born 11 million years ago from soil erosion, is composed by a completeness of micro and macro elements that combined together give to the wine peculiar characteristics of complexity and longevity. Cannubi and Cannubi San Lorenzo were born 12 million years ago from the sedimentation of the sea that occupied the Plain of the Po river, is the most famous and vocated Barolo Cru. They have an amazing complexity of terroir, formed by marly-calcareous soil and a very favorable climate and they give origin to wines with distinguished characters of elegance and longevity. Fossati vineyard was born about 10 million years ago from the sedimentation of the sea that occupied the Plain of the Po river after the push of the African continent against Italian peninsula. Since this vineyard has a relatively young terroir, it is composed by a good percentage of sand and its wines have great floral and red fruits fragrances. San Pietro delle Viole was born 9/10 million years ago and it is the youngest Borgogno vineyard. As its name explain, San Pietro delle Viole, the Barolo has fragrant bouquet, recalling violets notes, always soft and open.
100% Nebbiolo from a vineyard belonging to long-time friends of the Borgogno family who share their viticultural philosophy. The vineyard name is Gaja Principe and it is located in the commune of Neive. 12-15 day maceration/fermentation with selected yeasts in 35 HL upright oak fermenters. Ages in large Slavonian oak cask.
In 2005 Borgogno submitted a cask sample of Barolo for routine evaluation by the regulatory commission who chose to deny the wine its DOCG status, not due to any glaring faults but because the wine was considered stylistically irregular for Barolo. Such was the ire of the 250 year old estate that in every vintage since Borgogno has chosen to voluntarily declassify a cask of their DOCG Barolo - drawn from the famed crus of Cannubi, Fossati and San Pietro - to Langhe Nebbiolo DOC status as “a quiet protest against the bureaucracy that afflicts Italian winemakers.” Borgogno stridently calls the wine ‘No Name’.
Excuus ik ben wel echt een Piemonte freak en dol op de druiven die ze daar hebben! Ja dit is goed is balans, zwoel in de aanzet met bloemen en hooi in de neus. Vanille met mate, aards, gebrand hout, tomaat, kersen, zwarte peper en licht wat zuren van vlierbessen.
Several important critics have rated this Dolcetto d'Alba wine highly: Wine Spectator gave the 2013 vintage a score of 91. Ranked third among the wines from this region with respect to number of prizes won: the 2009 vintage was awarded Silver from the San Francisco International Wine Competition. This is among the highest-priced Dolcetto d'Alba wine. The price has been stable over the past year.