{"id":13313,"date":"2025-01-22T09:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/?p=13313"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T09:21:03","slug":"grape-expectations-barolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/grape-expectations-barolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Grape Expectations: Barolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-01-22T09:18:35+00:00\" title=\"22 January 2025 at 09:18:35 Europe\/London\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">1 year ago<\/time><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title entry-title color_link_inherit\">Grape Expectations: Barolo<\/h2><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In the foggy hills of Italy\u2019s Piemonte lies the hallowed region of Barolo, widely acknowledged to be the source of some of the world\u2019s finest red wines. Barolo is made entirely from the Nebbiolo<span>\u00a0<\/span><span data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markpb1k36kl2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">grape<\/span>, whose name is derived from \u2018nebbia\u2019, the Italian word for fog.<\/p>\n<p>Expect wines of delicate brick red colour with a look of transparency due to the low anthocyanin count of Nebbiolo. Don\u2019t let this fool you into expecting a light wine, though. Nebbiolo is famous for its very high tannins which can make its wines unapproachable in youth, but also lends them incredible ageing potential. Alongside these high tannins is an incredibly complex array of flavours, often including rose, tar, spice and cherry, which fade into leathery, meaty characteristics with ten to twenty years in bottle.<\/p>\n<p>All this complexity and ageworthiness doesn\u2019t come cheap, of course. I would also advise you against buying a Barolo at a suspiciously low price. Langhe Nebbiolo \u2013 grown in the larger area surrounding the Barolo region \u2013 can offer similar characteristics to Barolo but without the price tag. It is often also approachable younger, so no need to leave it in the cellar for years on end before you can enjoy your bottle to its full potential.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_navigation layout_simple inv_false\"><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_first to_prev\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/number-three-in-the-uk\/\" title=\"Number Three in the UK\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Previous Post<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>Number Three in the UK<\/span><\/div><\/a><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_second to_next\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/what-were-drinking-in-january-3\/\" title=\"What We&#8217;re Drinking in February\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Next Post<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>What We&#8217;re Drinking in February<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_author vcard author color_link_inherit with_ava avapos_top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"fn\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"post-author-ava\" style=\"font-size:96px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/div><\/a><div class=\"post-author-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"post-author-name fn\">Ted Sandbach<\/a><div class=\"post-author-info\">Ted studied History and Physical Education at Loughborough University before teaching at Magdalen College School in Oxford for 7 years. He gave up teaching to follow his passion for wine and cut his teeth at Stevens Garnier in Wine retail. During this time he travelled extensively and took his wine exams including the Diploma \u2013 which he will admit is much harder these days! Frustration and ambition prompted him to start The Oxford Hamper Company in 1985 which by 1992 had metamorphosed into The Oxford Wine Company.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 year agoGrape Expectations: BaroloIn the foggy hills of Italy\u2019s Piemonte lies the hallowed region of Barolo, widely acknowledged to be the source of some of the world\u2019s finest red...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grape-expectations","category-oxford_wine_blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grape Expectations: Barolo - 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