Nebbiolo - Barolo Cru Ginestra, Paolo Conterno, Monforte d'Alba
Barolo Cru Ginestra 2016 - Robert Parker 95/100
In het glas granaatrood gekleurd met rijke aroma's van rode roos, kers, zoetige tabak en humus die zich onder invloed van zuurstof verder uitbreiden met cacao, eucalyptus en balsamico.
In de mond is de wijn complex, krachtig, strak, elegant en fluweelzacht in de extreem lange afdronk.
De wijngaard is gelegen in het noorden van het Barolo wijngebied nabij Montforte d 'Alba.
De naam van de wijngaard is Ginestra, deze is aangeplant in de periode 1985-1990.
De wijngaard ligt op een hoogte tussen de 300 en 350 meter, met een blootstelling naar het zuiden en een hellingspercentage varierend van 30-35%. De wijngaard is aangeplant met een plantdichtheid van 4.000 planten per ha. De grondsoort is voornamelijk klei met veel kalkgesteente en delen van oude schelpen. De grond is perfect voor het vasthouden van het water, waardoor de druiven gedurende het seizoen ook in drogere perioden kunnen groeien. De wijngaard is uitsluitend aangeplant met de Nebbiolo druiven voor de productie van de Barolo wijnen. Aangeplant zijn de Nebbiolo, subvariëteiten Lampia en Michet.
Robert Parker 95/100 & schrijft
The Paolo Conterno 2016 Barolo Ginestra is the wine that best represents the personality and work of its creator, winemaker and proprietor Giorgio Conterno. Fruit is selected from the part of the Ginestra cru that is planted to 40-year-old vines of Nebbiolo. It is fermented in stainless steel and ages in botte grande for 36 months. You taste concentrated fruit, with sweet flavors of blackberry and dried cherry. Delicate aromas of grilled herb, licorice and camphor ash slowly come into view. The wine closes with elegant but softly yielding tannins.
- Druivenras: Nebbiolo
- Wijnhuis: Paolo Conterno Vini
- Wijnregio: Barolo DOCG
- Vatrijping: 36mnd - 35HL
- Inhoud: 0,75L
- Alcohol: 15%
- 10 - 12 jaar na het oogstjaar
- Schenktemperatuur: 18 - 20 graden
YEAR AFTER YEAR, GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, WITH LOVE, LABOUR AND TOTAL LIFELONG DEDICATION
It all started way back in 1886, when Paolo Conterno founded the Casa della Ginestra, dedicated to the production of Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto wines. An indefatigable worker with a mind of great intuition, he devoted the most favourable parts of the Ginestra hillside to the growing of the grapes, subdividing them by type, exposure and terrain. Furthermore, he had the foresight to predict the existence of a market of connoisseurs of superior quality products, selling his own wine in wooden kegs and produced by himself in his own cellar. Paolo was succeeded by his son Carlo and his wife Giuseppina. The company was subsequently run by Paolo and Caterina Conterno and today the company is managed by their son Giorgio.
As in the past, each of us makes his own contribution, caring for the vineyards with scrupulous dedication, involving the successive generations. At one time, trust was placed in the few means available, and in perseverance and determination. Modern technology, with its labour-saving devices, spares us the exertions of those times and, in part thanks to the experience we have gained, enables us to operate in the best possible way and to reap great satisfaction and ever newer stimuli from our work.
