After a freaky bizarre night in the restaurant and some shitty weather around (a damp and rainy fall in the Berkshires so far) I arrived home and Oddero Barolo called out to me. Instead of planning a certain moment to open a special bottle of wine, I find it always best to open spontaneously... you know when you just feel like having some Barolo.
Oddero 2005 Barolo, Rocche di Castiglione. Right away this Barolo had the most magnificent bouquet. I have never had such a young Barolo still strong and tannic, be so expressive at the same time. Beautiful dried flowers, cherry, spice, liquorish, and tar. Enjoyable on the palate with good acidity but one of those wines you cant stop smelling. I reheated some Beef Bourguignon, my father ''big frank'' had cooked earlier that night and it went insanely good together.
It is said that Barolo made here in the Rocche vineyard in Castiglione Falletto has a markedly aromatic nose that makes it outstanding even when drunk only a year or so after the harvest. Some Barolos (like those from Serralunga d'Alba for instance) take a lot of bottle age to acheive these classic barolo characteristics and aromatics. The soil of Rocche is also very unique. Slightly sandy, limestone-rich and loose packed, with a very hard rock like surface just a meter deep. This type of ground does not retain water well and Rocche suffers the most in the very hot and dry years.
Cristina Oddero shared the following photo through twitter of Nebbiolo grapes during this past weeks harvest.
Ultimi giorni di raccolta a Bricco Chiesa, storico vigneto attorno alla proprietà Oddero..il Barolo é di casa!
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