Nebbiolo Wines by Rosso Family

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(aka. Spanna, Spana, Chiavennasca) This black-skinned Italian variety is responsible for some of the best and longest lived red wines of Italy. However, despite the tremendous standing the Nebbiolo grape enjoys at home this native of the Piedmont region in northern Italy rarely triumphs abroad, or even outside of the Piedmont, for that matter. Even so, the quality of wines based on Nebbiolo, such as the DOCGs Barolo and Barbaresco, has encouraged limited plantings of this variety around the globe, from North and South America, to Australia. The name derives from nebbia, the Italian word for ‘fog’, which regularly enshrouds the foothill vineyards of the Piedmont region during harvest. Without question the benchmarks for Nebbiolo wines are Barolo and Barbaresco – both Piedmontese wines with powerful tannic structures, impeccable finesse and intense, earthy, dark noses, with hints of floral beauty. The aroma of classic Barolo is often described as tar and tobacco smoke, combined with violets and rose petals. Neighboring Barbaresco fashions the Nebbiolo grape into a slightly more feminine style of wine. While Barbaresco can be more approachable in youth, more read more...elegant, and more forthcoming with fruit than Barolo, it should not be mistaken to be light in weight or structure. Both the Barolo and Barbaresco versions of Nebbiolo possess an amazing combination of muscular tannins and high acidity. Traditional versions generally require extensive cellaring (both in cask and bottle) to fully show off the grape’s more subtle fruit character. As is the trend internationally, many modern versions of Barolo and Barbaresco are being fashioned with less extensive maturation periods, using new smaller oak barrels, to create a more extracted, fruit driven and approachable style of wine. Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that enjoys the moderate summers and long autumns of Piedmont and Lombardy, requiring as much ripening time as possible to balance its natural high acidity. Akin to that other terroir-specific varietal, Pinot Noir, it also requires patient and passionate vignerons who possess an intrinsic understanding of its needs. Nebbiolo is found predominately in the northwest Italian region of Piedmont where it the base for many of the regions most well known Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) and DOCG wines including Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara, Ghemme and Nebbiolo d'Alba. Despite the prestige and acclaim of Nebbiolo based wine, it is far from being the most widely planted grape in Piedmont. In 2000, there were just under 12,700 acres (5,000 hectares) of Nebbiolo producing 3.3 million gallons (125,000 hectoliters) of wine which accounted for a little over 3% of Piedmont's entire production. In contrast, there is nearly 15 times as much Barbera planted in the region. Outside of Piedmont, it is found in the neighboring regions of the Val d'Aosta region of Donnaz and Valtellina and Franciacorta in Lombardy. In the Veneto, there is a small amount which some producers use to make a Nebbiolo recioto wine. Outside of Italy, producers in the United States are experimenting with plantings in California, Washington and Oregon. In Argentina there are a couple hundred acres planted in the San Juan province and Australian producers in the King Valley region of Victoria have found some success with their Nebbiolo plantings

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