Langhe Nebbiolo DOC 2022 - Morra Gabriele

Langhe Nebbiolo DOC - Morra Gabriele

The Langhe Nebbiolo by Morra Gabriele is a very pleasant wine, in which fruity hints and juiciness are highlighted, with an inviting sip and great pairing versatility. Always and only from declassed grapes coming from the Barbaresco area, it was the first wine produced by the company, because "when you harvest Nebbiolo ripe it gives you crunchiness of the fruit". When drinking Langhe Nebbiolo there is something that immediately activates the taste receptors, that is that unmistakable flavor of strawberry jam. The Langhe Nebbiolo plays on this, structure and currant, tense mouth and pungent tannin. Maceration in steel then maturation in tonneaux from November to June. Placed in wood and bottled with the waning moon. Vital and incisive sips.

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:  Morra Gabriele

The name of this young Langa winery is, to be precise, "Morra Gabriele, formerly Pautasso Vini since 1880". If you decide to visit it, however, you will not find anyone called Pautasso (the family who originally owned the cellar in Macellai di Pocapaglia), nor will Morra Gabriele welcome you. Waiting for you will be two brilliant young men, Gabriele Testa (who follows the vineyards) and Stefano Campaniello (responsible for winemaking), born in 1981 and 1983 respectively. The Gabriele Morra of the label was the grandfather of today's Gabriele, he had taken over from Pautasso years ago was one of those old, traditional Piedmontese cellars - then closed in 1984, maintaining the vineyards - and, only in 2013, the two souls of the current company met: Stefano, who had always been in the restaurant business, was the dining room manager in a place that had Gabriele as a client. “You bet I can guess your palate,” Stefano says one day. Challenge won. “I have some vineyards that belonged to my grandfather”, Gabriele tells him, and Stefano urges him: “Why don't you rent me some rows to start making wine?”. Here begins the adventure of a well-matched tandem that begins working owned vineyards in the Roero and rented ones between Barbaresco and Neive. Source of inspiration and motivation, the beautiful book "The Ignorants" by Étienne Davodeau, the result of the collaboration between a cartoonist and a biodynamic winemaker from the Anjou area. A story that also tells a lot about the philosophy of Gabriele and Stefano. After an initial vinification in 2012 with grapes coming from Montestefano, in 2013 the rental of six rows in the Ovello cru began (0.3 ha exposed to the West, right at the entrance to Barbaresco), to which at the end of 2014 7500 m2 were added to Fausoni di Neive, which then reached 1.05 hectares through a part of Chardonnay rented in the adjacent vineyard. In November 2018, through the lessor of the Ovello vineyard, another 1.20 hectares of the same cru were added in the Bernino sub-area, with exposure to the East, right in front of Gallina and Albesani di Neive. At the end of 2021, the rental of half a hectare of the Starderi vineyard in Neive is added - South-West exposure, 40-year-old vines, first harvest in 2022 - bringing the total hectares worked in the Barbaresco area to 3.05.