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“Grace, elegance and understatement are some of the qualities readers will find in the 2020 Barolos.”
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
“It seems obvious now, but 25 years ago when I started selling wine En Primeur, Barolo was not on the EP scene. A run of very good vintages, a value offering, delicious wines in limited supply that can age beautifully. All the ingredients for En Primeur. This region is unsurprisingly now our third most followed for early releases, and your cellar will be richer for including them.”
James Davy
Fifth Generation Chairman
THE 2020 VINTAGE
2020 was, broadly speaking, a warm year which has produced relatively accessible, fruit-forward wines. The growers that our team tasted with earlier in the year were all pleased with the quality of the vintage, with many happy to have produced wines which are different in style from the more powerful 2019s, but that offer clear expressions of their sites and winemaking style.
The 2020s sit stylistically between the open, relatively light 2018s and the denser 2019s and will likely enter their drinking windows before the latter, but keep for longer and offer a little more depth than the former.
WHY BUY BAROLO EN PRIMEUR?
There is no question that Barolo produces some of the most long-lived wines in the world, with many examples boasting drinking windows that cover several decades. Buying a case of Barolo on release is an investment in the cellar that will offer immense pleasure in years to come. Although many of the top wines will be at their best after some time in the cellar, plenty of the Barolo blends – those without a single vineyard or village on the label – will be accessible within a couple of years of landing and in many cases, the Langhe Nebbiolo wines in this offer will give immediate pleasure on arrival and serve as a delicious introduction to a producer’s style.