Five Versions of Nebbiolo
The king of grapes in Piedmont.
The first mention of the nebbiolo grape occurs in 1268, where it is called nibiol. Thought to be indigenous to Italy’s Piedmont region, the present-day nebbiolo is the grape that constitutes the wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara, Ghemma and Roero at the DOCG level and numerous wines at the DOC level. Nebbiolo produces light ruby-garnet-colored wines that are, paradoxically, quite tannic in their youth, often requiring many years, even decades to soften.
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