Luigi Oddero Barolo Specola 2019 750ml

The 2019 Barolo Rive Vigna Specola takes a similar ruby color and is aromatic of ripe cherries, sweet tobacco, polished leather, truffle, and tarry earth. Medium-bodied, it stays light on its feet, with a seamless structure, ripe tannins, and an even freshness. It’s a very well-balanced wine that will do well with another couple of years in the cellar. Drink 2026-2040.

• Country: Italy
• Region: Piedmont
• Appellation: Barolo
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Red

Varietal

Nebbiolo

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy’s finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means ‘fog’ in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.