Fletcher - Nebbiolo d'Alba, Piemonte, Italy (2022)
Fletcher - Nebbiolo d'Alba, Piemonte, Italy (2022)
TASTING NOTES
Light and juicy, but the earthy and herbal notes give this wine plenty of depth and a long finish. Bright, pure cherry fruit with structure and savouriness. As always luminous and dynamic.
REGION | Italy > Piedmont > Langhe |
GRAPE(S) | Nebbiolo |
VINTAGE | 2022 |
FORMAT | 750ml Bottle |
ABV | 14% |
FEATURES | Low Intervention, Organic, Vegan-Friendly |
SCALE | Dry |
Previously released as Nebbiolo d’Alba, this name can no longer be used as Dave has started adding grapes from his own vineyard within the Barbaresco designation from the 2020 vintage. He finds the wine now has a little more structure and freshness, and so felt the declassification to the much broader Langhe Nebbiolo was justified.
As with all his wines, it is made with gentle extraction and focus on the aromatics in preference to colour and tannin. Open fermented with wild yeasts, and aged for 12 months in 10 year old barriques. Dave considers Langhe Nebbiolo a good indication of what Barolo and Barbaresco will be like from the vintage, but with intense fruit as a result of being released earlier than its well known counterparts.
Dave Fletcher was a young Australian winemaker when he found Nebbiolo back in 2006 and 10 years later he's living amongst the vines in Italy, making wine in the old train station of Barbaresco. The production started with just Barolo and Barbaresco and has now grown into 7 wines that are produced from 12 different vineyard sites.
Dave believes in organic and biodynamic techniques for his own grape production and strives for better health and lower impact for the vines and their surroundings. Not wanting to contribute to an ever increasing mono-culture in the Langhe, he offsets the land used for grape production with ownership of the equivalent area in Forest, swamp and grasslands rich in biodiversity.
In addition to his own project, Dave Fletcher is the winemaker at famous producer Cerrato.