2023 Ruggeri Corsini - Barbera d'Alba (750ml)

The one blended Corsini wine. This, effectively, is the farm’s second
label, created to enable it to keep a high standard with its other wines (everything is estate
bottled at Ruggeri Corsini; nothing is sold in bulk to traders, a fact that makes quality control
for a wine like Matot particularly important). Matot is, as Nicola says, a glass of Piedmontese
red. Based on Dolcetto, with varying percentages of Nebbiolo, Barbera, Albarossa and Pinot
Nero.

-Importer notes (V59)

From just under 3 acres of vines planted in 1965 and growing mid-slope
at a southwestern exposure in calcareous soils. Bussia is one of Montforte’s finest vineyards,
and this is the best ageing of Corsini’s Barolos. Raised in 225-liter barrels, 20-25% of which
are new. Roughly 450 cases annually

-Importer notes (V59)

DOC rules for Langhe Nebbiolo require 85% of the wine to be from the
declared variety and vintage. Corsini’s is 100% Nebbiolo entirely from the declared vintage.
This class of Nebbiolo has become the wine of choice for aficionados who can’t afford to
drink Barolo every evening and who know that such wines often contain declassified
Barbaresco or Barolo.

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