Barbaresco Roncagliette DOCG 2021 - Olek Bondonio - Cascina la Berchialla

Barbaresco Roncagliette DOCG  - Olek Bondonio - Cascina la Berchialla

Barbaresco Roncagliette by Olek Bondonio is a pure Nebbiolo in the Michet and Lampia sub-varieties, from 35-year-old vines to 280 meters above sea level. from the Roncagliette cru in the municipality of Barbaresco. Soft destemming and long maceration with the skins for almost a month. Refine in oak barrels of 10 and 15 hectoliters, where it remains for up to 20 months. Important wine, vibrant and tannic when young, it needs years to express itself at its best.

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip glasses. Wine to be drunk immediately but will express its best in a few years.

Pairing

Wine that goes perfectly with first courses, main courses of meat, to try with a seared beef fillet in a pan with mustard sauce.

Winery: Olek Bondonio - Cascina la Berchialla

Cascina La Berchialla is located in one of the most suitable areas for the production of Barbaresco, that is, in the renowned and historic area of ​​Roncagliette. The farmhouse was initially founded by Olek's grandfather, Riccardo, who cultivated the vines and gave the grapes to the producers of Barbaresco. In 1999, Olek took over the reins of the farmhouse after having first studied agriculture and oenology at university, and gaining experience in Bordeaux, Australia, New Zealand and the United States but, above all, having successfully juggled skis and snowboards. Back home he feels ready to give his own imprint to the art of making wine, with his baggage of studies and experiences abroad, but with the awareness and strength of the peasant tradition of the Langa. Thus, it bans all forms of pesticides in the vineyard, preserving the vitality and integrity of the soil, and selects the grapes in the summer to keep yields low. In the cellar it makes wine without the aid of selected yeasts but only with little sulfur, no filtration at bottling. For some years he has rented another two hectares between the municipalities of Neive and Alba and then began to bottle Barbaresco distinguishing the two Crus: Starderi in the municipality of Neive and the home one, the famous and refined Roncagliette.