Antoniolo Gattinara Riserva 2020

100% Nebbiolo from Antoniolo's top three cru vineyards: Castelle, San Francesco and Osso San Grato. Fermentation is spontaneous, with an 18-day maceration in concrete vats and no temperature control. The wine then matures in a combination of large Slavonian and French oak casks (25-35HL), followed by a further 12 months of refinement in bottle. "A flood of sour cherry, Bonox and game meat savouriness, clove, cocoa powder and dark chocolate, a slightly ferrous note through the wine. It drank best around day three, but patience isn't normally the thing with such wines once open, it unfurls nicely, tightly wound at first and finds a more relaxed stance as air hits the glass. Very potent and dense feeling, barely lifted by alpine herb and cranberry drink-like acidity underlying. A wall of suede tannins from go to whoa. Impressive wine. Drink in decades too. (2015 Gattinara Riserva)" - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

Producer: Antoniolo

Region: Piedmont

Grape: Nebbiolo

Alcohol: 14%

Size: 750ml

Producer Info: Antoniolo is a benchmark, family-run winery in Gattinara, Alto Piemonte, established in 1948 and known for pioneering single-vineyard (cru) Nebbiolo in the region. Currently managed by siblings Alberto and Lorella Antoniolo, the 14-hectare estate focuses on low-intervention, organic-practicing viticulture to produce highly structured, age-worthy wines with intense mineral character.