Barolo Villero Oddero 2021 (750ML)

Oddero’s Villero holding is small, just 0.8 hectares in Castiglione Falletto, where the soil carries more clay and limestone than the town’s better-known Rocche di Castiglione. The 53-year-old Nebbiolo vines face southeast at 240 meters, and only 3,800 to 4,000 bottles are made. Grapes for the 2021 were picked in the first ten days of October and sorted twice, by hand in the rows and again on a belt in the cellar. After roughly 25 days of fermentation and maceration, the wine spent 30 months in 40-hectoliter oak casks and a further year in bottle. Expect a sturdy, rounded Barolo, with violet, red fruit, cocoa and licorice over a dense tannic weave that ends on a gentle sweetness. Pair it with tajarin and white truffle, risotto al Barolo or a mature Castelmagno.