Harvests

The vintage began with a mild winter albeit rich in rainfall, including snow, which ensured an excellent supply of water which proved to be essential. Although the year was characterized by an important climatic alternation, with late frosts, thunderstorms, summer hailstorms but also drought, we obtained surprising results in terms of grape quality, perhaps also by virtue of the not excessive quantity of production.

Unlike the particularly precocious last vintage, the 2019 vintage will be remembered for having developed in a decidedly more usual way.
We can define it as traditional, with a quality production despite the slight decrease in quantity compared to the previous year.

The 2017 wine year will be remembered for the warm climatic trend and in particular for the low rainfall. A lower quantitative yield was found in the vineyard, given in line with a year in which rainfall was scarce, with bunches that presented turgid berries with an average must-skins percentage when harvested.

2015 began with a winter characterized by abundant snowfalls which allowed for an excellent water supply to the land.
In general we can state without any doubt, also considering the great balance shown by the maturation data, that 2015 was a great year to remember, like few others in history.

The 2013 harvest will be remembered as “vintage”, as the grape harvesting operations began on average 15 days later than in the last 10 years, and ended in early November with the last bunches of Nebbiolo harvested. In particular, the beginning of the vine’s vegetative cycle was conditioned by the slow start of spring and by the averagely low temperatures of March and April.

The 2011 harvest will be remembered over time as an unconventional vintage, in fact it was very precocious and with not excessive yields in the vineyard.
Winter passed on a regular basis both in terms of temperatures and rainfall which intensified especially in the month of March (176 mm of monthly average against about 90 mm in 2010), resulting in good water availability in the soil at the start of the campaign.

The 2009 agricultural campaign began with a winter characterized by abundant snowfalls and a rainy beginning of spring which ensured an excellent water reserve in the ground.
These reserves were of fundamental importance during the summer, avoiding problems related to water stress that could occur given the almost zero summer rainfall combined with the heat, especially in the second half of August.

The harvest operations began well in advance of the average, and the harvested grapes reached quality levels above all expectations. The 2007 vintage can be considered “anomalous” due to the general climatic trend, with a particularly mild winter, a not very hot summer, with little rainfall and a harvest quantitatively lower than the averages but qualitatively excellent.

A relatively mild winter with limited rainfall was followed by an early spring with cool temperatures but little rainfall.
2005 was certainly less productive than 2004, with an estimated reduction of around 10% on average values. The 2005 vintage, for our wines, on a hypothetical scale of values ​​from 1 to 10, is very close to the apex and we can tentatively assign them an 8.

A harvest characterized by great tranquility, thanks to climatic conditions that allowed for an orderly harvesting, respecting the ripening times of the individual varieties and individual vineyards.

The Nebbiolo-based wines of the Barolo, Roero and Nebbiolo d’Alba denominations have good alcohol content, intense colours, broad and complex aromas, good structure and good polyphenolic richness. Typical characteristics of five-star wines, able to face the world stage with the best chance of success and to satisfy the most demanding palates.

The weather in September positively influenced the ripening cycle of the grapes, which presented a good state of health (limited attacks of mould, healthy and thick skin). This situation has allowed for regular harvesting operations, giving the Langa another little jewel.

The year, which began under the sign of disturbed weather with biting cold and numerous snowfalls, from the third ten days of January followed through to May with a long period of dry weather and, often, with above-average temperatures.