Gheddo Dolcetto d'Alba DOC 2020
GRAPE: Dolcetto 100%
TERRITORY: obtained from a vineyard located in the municipality of Roddino at 600 m above sea level with north-east exposure and lying on a clayey-silty soil.
VINIFICATION: Cultivation and harvesting are done by hand, and herbicides are strictly banned. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel at controlled temperature, the skins are left to macerate for 6 days in contact with the wine. Malolactic fermentation takes place in October immediately after alcoholic fermentation.
TASTING NOTES: Austere. A hauntingly dark rose perfume overlays notes of cherry, baked black plum, earthen herbs and incense. Light in the glass, yet full-bodied and concentrated in flavour.
HOW AND WHEN: It’s fantastic to match with cured meats, with medium-aged cheeses, with tagliatelle al ragù or with traditional Piedmontese-style bollito misto
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.