Gian Luca Colombo Barolo DOCG 2020

Gianluca Colombo is an up and coming oenologist in Piemonte who was recognized as such in 2014 when we was awarded the Giulio Gambelli Prize, which goes to the top Italian winemaker under 40. Having developed an early passion for wine, beginning his career as a wine consultant for a number of well known wineries throughout the Barolo area, in 2011 he opened his own winery, “Segni di Langa” near Roddi, in the northeast corner of the Barolo appellation. He makes wine in a contemporary way that respects the environment, the land, and varietal purity. His philosophy is that his wines are born from the earth and, with them, he tries to convey all the effort, passion and commitment that he devotes to his grapes. He sees himself as a farmer and he has doubled down his commitment to biodynamic farming as he believes that the results in the vineyard are the only way to achieve his goal: to produce the best Barolo period. Each bottle is marked with his fingerprint as a sign of his great passion, respect, and commitment to rare wines, produced in limited quantity.

VINEYARD:

This Barolo comes from two different vineyard plots totaling 1.3 hectares in and around the North Barolo appellation of Roddi Verduno. The vines are between 20 to 40 years old and each plot has its own unique soil ranging from grey-blue marl of Sant'Agata to sand. This allows for a perfectly blended Barolo straight from the roots, as opposed to the cellar. Each plot is farmed biodynamically by the winemaker Gian Luca himself and tended with care.

WINEMAKING:

This wine is fermented in steel for 20 days using the pied de cuve method for spontaneous fermentation with temperature controlled at 10 degrees cooler than what is traditional, in order to skip excessive tannin in favor of more gentler development of aromatic compounds.. This wine is aged 18 to 24 months depending on the vintage in 5 hl Slavonian oak barrels and an additional 2 years in bottle before release.