Brezza. Barolo 'Cannubi' Christmas

Brezza. Barolo 'Cannubi' ChristmasBarolo 'Cannubi' DOCG Grape: Nebbiolo 2016 96points Wine Enthusiast Tre Stelle Veronelli 2014 Ripe herb and rose. Harmonious, a lighter vintage producing a balanced and elegant wine. Brezza producer page Brezza own one and a quarter hectares of Cannubi, perhaps the most famous of all Barolos cru vineyard sites. It is a very steep slope at two hundred and fifty metres above sea level and the majority faces east to southeast. The soils are silt and sand

75% are fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks using selected yeasts

Best enjoyed 2020-2035

at a density of around 4000 vines per hectare

then only a few hectares had been officially registered

it has a lovely texture

Massimo uses an extended fermentation on the skins using a ‘submerged cap’ for 40 days

Fermentation is in steel tanks and lasts seven days with a regular pumping over

Giordano bought the vineyard in the early 2000s

making these amongst the last white grapes to be picked in Italy

with healthy grapes coming in

Decanter have not repeated the Retailer awards since 2023

The grapes are picked by hand in the middle of October