2015 Mauro Molino Langhe Nebbiolo $12/48
Where: Langhe, Piedmont, Italy
Who: Mauro Molino
What: 100% Nebbiolo
Tastes like: Classic young nebbiolo--cherry fruit, pretty flowers, quite a bit of tannin and balanced acidity.
What to pair with: Grilled meat, any kind of poultry, cured meat. Lovely on its own, too.
Production Notes: From 10-30 year old vines in Monforte d’Alba and Guarene. Fermentation in stainless steel, then aging 6 months in large French oak casks coopered in Austria. 1000 cases produced.
Producer Profile:
Mauro Molino, Matteo and Martina’s father, founded the estate. In 1973 Mauro graduated from enology school in Alba, and then followed that with five years of winemaking experience in Emilia Romagna. In 1979 after his father’s passing, he returned home to the family farm in La Morra and began consulting for local wineries while building up his own estate. 1982 was the first vintage from the famed family parcel in Conca dell’Annunziata, the conch-shaped parcel pictured above, and the rest is history. In 2003 Matteo joined the company and became a familiar face to our staff, and then in 2009, Matteo’s sister also joined the gang. Today they manage approximately 12 hectares of vineyards, 50% dedicated to Nebbiolo for Barolo, and the rest mostly Barbera, and Dolcetto. This estate practices sustainable viticulture.
Vineyard Management: Integrated insect and disease control is followed. Control treatments are carried out only when strictly necessary (an expert consults for the estate). Sulfur- and copper-based products are mainly used. A minimum number of insect-control treatments are applied and only with low-environmental-impact products. Natural cover crops (grass cover) are left in the rows between the vines. In autumn the soil on every other row between the vines is tilled. Only organic fertilizers are used. Very low doses of SO2 are added to the wines (the minimum to prevent oxidation)
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