Trediberri - Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata 2020 (750ml)
Price: $104.99
| Producer | Trediberri |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 200453 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Trediberri Description
Though many of La Morra’s modern-leaning producers have since drifted back towards classicism, there are still few hard-core traditionalists to be found. But in the past decade a new estate, Trediberri, has created considerable excitement as the Next great Old School azienda.
Trediberri was founded in 2007 as a partnership of three men: Nicola Oberto; Nicola’s father Federico, and the Torinese banker, Vladimiro Rambaldi. Federico contributed prime family holdings in Torriglione and the renowned Rocche dell’Annunziata, and the three jointly purchased 5ha in La Morra’s historic Berri MGA. Nicola runs the estate today, and the project is named after the three partners and their common purchase: Tre-di-Berri, or Three of Berri.
Berri, is the westernmost MGA in the entire Barolo appellation, and the soils are younger than those in La Morra’s better-known eastern crus. Here, the limestone bedrock is punctuated by outcroppings of sandstone, and the resulting soils have lots of pebbles mixed into the heavy clay. The trio replanted their 5ha parcel in 2007 and began vinifying its grapes with the 2010 vintage.
Berri’s south-to-southwest exposure, elevation, and river-cooled climate distinguished it for centuries, as evidenced by the remnants of ancient vigneti found there today. But these slopes were largely abandoned in the years following World War II, as Berri’s growers took more lucrative jobs elsewhere. Today, Federico’s insight has proven prescient, especially with a series of warmer, drier growing seasons.
The Berri vines yield the majority of Trediberri’s Barolo, complemented by the perfume and elegance of Torriglione. Of course, Nicola crafts a monumental single-vineyard Barolo from his crown jewel, Rocche dell’Annunziata, and the winemaking for both wines is classically Old School. Three or more weeks fermentation and maceration in concrete tanks are followed by ~2 years aging in Slavonian oak botti by Garbellotto.
Vinous: 93+ Points
The 2020 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata is a bright, classically built wine that will need a few years in bottle to truly blossom. Reticent aromatics and driving tannins hold the wine back quite a bit. I find the 2020 quite austere and tight at this stage. Perhaps it will unfurl with time. We will see.
