Cavallotto Langhe Nebbiolo 2021 Size::1 Bottle well integrated oak and firm

well integrated oak and firm tannins

some dried fruits and a slightly sweeter finish

Picking into small bins allowed some foot crushing of the fruit to ensure contact with both stalks and skins

Characterful dry Riesling from the steeply sloping vineyards of the middle Nahe region

Great acidity gives the wine wonderful tension too

Cavallotto Langhe Nebbiolo 2021 Size::1 Bottle well integrated oak and firmThe fruit for Cavallotto's Langhe designated bottling is 100% Castiglione Falletto Nebbiolo and so could be labelled as Barolo. One sip and you wonder why the Cavallotto's don't sell this as Barolo! The reason they don't is simple: they need to produce a Nebbiolo Langhe for their markets and yet the only Nebbiolo vines they own are in Barolo. So they must 'fashion' a Nebbiolo from these vines. To be specific, the grapes come from both younger, sub 25