Gheddo Barolo La Morra DOCG 2017
GRAPE: Nebbiolo 100%
TERRITORY: Obtained from a selection of grapes from the vineyards of La Morra at 350 a.s.l, with south-west exposure and lying on a sedimentary soil of Miocene origin; calcareous and loamy soil.
VINIFICATION: Cultivation and harvesting are done by hand, and herbicides are strictly banned. Harvest is normally around the first week of October choosing only the best bunches. The fruit is typical of “La Morra” character: elegant nose and fine tannins in the mouth. The grapes are destemmed and transferred into the tank. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel at controlled temperature, the skins are let macerate for 25 days of which the last 10 with a submerged hat with soft pump overs employed many times per day. Malolactic fermentation takes place in November immediately after alcoholic fermentation. Aging: take place in 15hl Garbellotto oak barrels for about 24 months followed by time in bottle.
TASTING NOTES: "Aromatic, offering floral, licorice and spice notes surrounding a core of cherry. The fruit is more prominent on the palate, where accents of mint and leather also peek through. On the elegant side, with fine balance and length.''
HOW AND WHEN: It’s fantastic to match with white truffle, braised meet, game and aged cheese.
Serving at 16-18 C
On the beautiful Langhe, in perhaps Italy’s most vocated area for viticulture, Giovanni and Mattia cultivate their three hectares of land with a very specific philosophy: to respect the ecosystem of the vineyard, to enjoy their work and, of course, to produce excellent wine.
Giovanni and Mattia, who grew up in Piedmont eonologically speaking, wanted to dedicate the name of their winery to a term from the Piedmontese dialect, Ghëddo, a word they learned while working in the vineyard with some old glories of the Langhe, masters who not only taught them the art of viticulture but also the way of life and speech of the people of the Langhe.
Ghëddo is difficult to translate with a simple synonym. Ghëddo is initiative, but it is also the brio with which you carry it out, it is inspiration and stubbornness, it is willpower. If you have it, you cannot hide it, it is irrepressible and you can see it in your face: to have Ghëddo is to possess a soul that exudes genuine and elegant enthusiasm.
GIOVANNI AND MATTIA truly have Ghëddo, you can see it in their faces. Both born in Milan but transplanted to the Langhe, they are lifelong friends and in 2014 managed to crown their dream of starting a winemaking business, moreover in a land as wonderful as Barolo. Giovanni is the agrarian and enological arm, Mattia is the commercial and administrative soul: an almost natural pairing that can only lead on the right track.
Two men, three hectares, the Langhe and Ghëddo. A fantastic mix for authentic wines in which you can sense all the work of two enterprising guys.