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Villa Giada. Nebbiolo 'Tre Ponti'

Villa Giada. Nebbiolo 'Tre Ponti'

Monferrato DOC
Grape: Nebbiolo

We managed to secure the last of the 2015, it is a lovely vintage with a joyous richness and gentle power.  The fruit is dark, with ripe red berry flavours, big mature tannins, laced with mocha and tobacco, fine violet aromas that really lift this wine.  An unrestrained, full style where the fruit runs riot and is given direction from the gentle bow of oak. 13%

link to Villa Giada, Andrea Faccio producer page

Tre Ponti has evolved from being a Barbera blended with some Nebbiolo to a pure Nebbiolo. The single hectare of Nebbiolo that Andrea planted on the Montsarinero hill below Agliano Terme, is now more than 10 years old and the fruit is excellent. The harvest is in the first half of October, the grapes are hand-picked and fermented using indigenous yeasts in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. The wine is aged for 12 months in tonneaux before being bottled without filtration.

Past Vintages
2013 is a powerful, tannic vintage, in many ways a throwback of years past where wines would take many years to come around. Andrea has tamed the tannins and allowed the spice and floral elements in the wine to make an early showing. This is a classic Tre Ponti.
2011
No need to wait too long for this vintage, the nebbiolo is silky and fresh with fine, unobtrusive tannins and classic rose laced dark currant fruit. A fine wine which Andrea assures me will develop over many years.
2009 (14.5%)
This vintage is Nebbiolo (95%) and Barbera (5%), the ageing was in one 2000 litre botti and a few tonneaux of 500 and 700 litres.
Bramble, red currants and violet aromas, firm tannins with a lick of tar and dark cherry and berry fruit. A full and finely balanced Nebbiolo.
2008
A very small vintage, a pesky little insect gouged on the shoots (it was particularly keen on nebbiolo) and was responsible for a 50% loss production. What remains is splendid, a little like the 2006 but better. Don't get too excited, there isn't much.
2007
Deep, supple black cherry, currant fruit laced with violet and mocha. This was an extraordinary vintage which started in the extremely mild winter of 2006, spring in turn was early and the harvest was early. The result is that the wines have ripe, soft tannins and ample fruit. This has caused some of the big name wines from Alba to taste frankly very odd, but in Asti (Monferrato) the Nebbiolo may by the finest that they have produced. This release was Nebbiolo (90%) and Barbera (10%)
2005
80% Nebbiolo and 20% Barbera. Each year more and more of the beautiful Nebbiolo crashes the party, and she is welcome.
2004
Blackberry aromas, pepper and cocoa are backed up by firm and structured tannins. This blend is understandably increasingly popular, as Nebbiolo and Barbera compliment each other perfectly. Now up to 80% Nebbiolo, this is destined to become a classic, the 2004 is just too good.

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Red - Medium Bodied

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