2018 Fontanabianca Barbaresco Bordini

2018 Fontanabianca Barbaresco Bordini

2018 Fontanabianca Barbaresco Bordini, Drawing its fruit from the village of Neive, the 2018 Barbaresco Bordini is balanced and bright. These 2018 releases from Fontanabianca are linked by a sense of precision and focus; something not always easy to achieve in this vintage that experienced alternating moments of heat and cool. Dark fruit and cassis are followed by drying mineral and iron ore. Some 6,000 bottles were made. 94+ Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo, named for the ubiquitous autumnal fog (called nebbia in Italian), is the star variety of northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area, as well as in the neighboring Valle d’Aosta and Valtellina, it reaches its highest potential in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. Outside of Italy, growers are still very much in the experimentation stage but some success has been achieved in parts of California. Somm Secret—If you’re new to Nebbiolo, start with a charming, wallet-friendly, early-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d’Alba.

A wine that most perfectly conveys the spirit and essence of its place, Barbaresco is true reflection of terroir. Its star grape, like that in the neighboring Barolo region, is Nebbiolo. Four townships within the Barbaresco zone can produce Barbaresco: the actual village of Barbaresco, as well as Neive, Treiso and San Rocco Seno d’Elvio.

At the Fontanabianca Winery they have clear ideas: quality is closely related to the features of the soil in the region of Neive, where Aldo Pola and Bruno Ferro, with their wives, have been carrying on their work, which the fathers of (Franco Pola and Ottavio Ferro) started in 1969. The winery has been producing local grapes and wines for decades, even before being given the name of “Fontanabianca”, representing a strong identification with the hills of Neive and a tie with this great wine region.