La Palazzina, Bramaterra DOC 2018
The Wine
Certainly, our favourite vintage thus far of this wine. The 2018 is a red fruited & really ethereal release. It's lacking none of the structure, minerality & longevity of previous releases - however the balance is so impeccable it's drinking beautifully already. A real favourite of last year's tourers on our Piedmont tour. Bravo Paolo your 2018 is a stunner!
The cepage is - Nebbiolo 80%, Croatina 10%, Vespolina 10%. It's all from the family home block by the cellar - a single vineyard offering. Raised in large old Slavoninan oak & a mere 12.5% alcohol!
95 Pts, Tom Kline, The Wine Pilot 'The fruit for this wine is taken from 'Home Block' which is the vineyards around the house. 13% abv. 80% nebbiolo, 10% croatina, 10% vespolina. 36 in bottle. A dusty old oak nuance blends with decayed red florals, dried lavender, red cherry, roast tomato umami, balsamic and subtle cut leather. There’s a lovely cooling feel to the palate, with no forfeiture of flavour intensity and concentration. Lavender, cherry, ferrous, balsamic are braced by fine tannins and cooling acid that draw it all long. This is ethereal and bright, while substantive and powerful. Excellent.'
Such a caressing wine, wonderful…inspiring..am I drinking a Burgundy…TC
The Detail
Variety - Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina
Country - Italy
Region - Alto Piemonte
Sub Region - Ghemme
Extra - Cork
Year - 2018
Volume - 750ml
About the Wine Maker 
La Palazzina are based in Bramaterra region of Alto Piemonte. Bramaterra is an ‘ancient’ winemaking area, the name Bramaterra appears, for the first time, in a parchment dated 1447.
On November 20, 1986, the La Palazzina farm was founded, whose seventeenth-century building, had been owned by Count Angiono, and was sold in 1929 to the Montà family, whose ‘head’ was grandfather Carlo Giacomo Montà.
The area had a rich former history of wine production. And in the 1930s the family began the first restructuring works that allowed the wine production to be successfully restarted in the 1960s. The iconic building is still the site of their wine production today and inspires their wine labels.
The wines are all raised in large format neutral oak. The vine age in most vineyards is between 70-85 years. Today the wines are first class – crafted from the very old vines & made with great passion.
