Cordero di Montezemolo - Langhe Nebbiolo 2025

Located in in the township of La Morra in the heart of the appellation, the Cordero family’s farm is one of Barolo’s most renowned and revered. Cordero di Montezemolo is one of just a handful of wineries to own contiguous vineyards in Barolo, where the majority of producers make wines from a patchwork of growing sites.

The family’s farmstead (Monfalletto) covers 28 hectares planted to vine including a southeastern and southwestern-facing amphitheater planted to Nebbiolo for the production of Barolo. Dolcetto, Barbera, and Arneis are planted on the northern-facing side of the hill with smaller amounts of Chardonnay and Barbera planted in the lower-lying vineyards.

In 1965, the Cordero family purchased two hectares in the Villero cru, one of Barolo’s most coveted growing sites. It is there that they make their flagship wine, Barolo Enrico VI. Altogether, the family owns and makes wine from 51 hectares of land, all estate-owned and managed.

Since 2013, the family has farmed all of its vineyards using organic practices — no herbicides, no pesticides, and no fungicides are used — and today all of their properties are certified organic.

Vineyards location: different vineyards of varying age (mostly younger) situated between La Morra, Alba and the Roero area at different altitudes and different exposures, with the addition of bunches of Nebbiolo da Barolo vines under 6-7 years of age

Soil: Silty-clay with different percentages of sand and concentrations of trace elements

Vinification: Manual harvest. Immediate crushing, fermentation and maceration in stainless steel tanks for about 8-10 days using some whole grapes. Racking and malolactic fermentation in a small quantity of wood of varying origin /French and Slavonian oak) but mostly in stainless steel tanks.

Ageing: 4-5 months in steel, followed by a couple of months bottle aging

Bright garnet color, very concentrated and intense. Scents of very ripe black fruit, such as plum and blackberry, with tobacco, cocoa beans, violet and sweet spices. Full and enveloping palate with soft, velvety tannin.

Producer: Cordero di Montezemolo

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Varietal: Nebbiolo

Appellation: Langhe DOC

Vintage: 2025

Size: 750ml