Rated equal to, or slightly higher than, similar wines at this price point
Winery | Stroppiana |
|---|---|
Grapes | Nebbiolo |
Region | Barolo |
Wine style | Italian Barolo |
Alcohol content | 14.5% |
Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Wine description | Ruby red with garnet reflexes. Intense and deep, with clear scents of undergrowth, sweet spices, tobacco and cocoa. With aging emerge notes of white truffle and goudron. Dry, powerful, velvety, just tannic. |
Barolo is a delicious red wine that comes from the town of the same name in the Northern Italian region of Piedmont. Literally meaning ‘Foot of the Mountain,’ Piedmont (or Piemonte in Italian) sits in the shadow of the snow-capped Alps and is one of Italy’s most beautiful regions.
Barolo must be 100% Nebbiolo, a pernickety grape supposedly named after Piedmont’s famous fog (or ‘nebbia’ in Italian...
