1 Barolo d.o.c.g. Tradizione 2017
1 Barolo d.o.c.g. del Comune di Barolo 2016
1 Barolo d.o.c.g. Riserva 2012
Before that, the wine made from the nebbiolo grape variety offered a completely different taste experience: it was a sweet, sparkling wine. As a matter of fact, in 1787 Thomas Jefferson, who was later to become President of the United States, tried nebbiolo while he was staying at Hôtel d’Angleterre in Turin. In his travel journal, he described it with these words:Before that, the wine made from the nebbiolo grape variety offered a completely different taste experience: it was a sweet, sparkling wine. As a matter of fact, in 1787 Thomas Jefferson, who was later to become President of the United States, tried nebbiolo while he was staying at Hôtel d’Angleterre in Turin. In his travel journal, he described it with these words:
"As silky as Madeira, as astringent as Bordeaux and as brisk as Champagne."
Thomas Jefferson.
It was only later, thanks to an intuition of Marchesa Giulia di Barolo, that the wine took its full-bodied, stable and noble character. She decided to build new cellars to make wine in large casks, a place that was protected from the cold temperatures of late autumn.
Still today, in five of these centuries-old oak casks, thanks to constant and careful maintenance, Barolo renews its history every year
One day, the Marchesa was at court and King Carlo Alberto asked her jokingly:
«Marchesa, people always speak highly of the wine from your holdings. When will you let us taste it?»
«Your Majesty, your wish will be granted soon» answered the Marchesa.
And in fact, some time later, a long procession of ox carts entered Turin, and they filled the whole Via Nizza, going to the Royal Palace […] There were more than three hundred of them, one for each day of the year, and that was the «tasting» of Barolo wine that the Marchesa was sending to the King.
According to the source, Marchesa Giulia ordered that no less than 325 carrà (casks used to transport wine at the time) be brought to the king, one for each day of the year, excluding the 40 days of Lent, when King Carlo Alberto would have followed the Catholic precept of temperance and fast.
Finally stable and perfect to be transported for long distances without being altered, Barolo soon became the wine of the Savoy court, of ambassadors and high-ranking officers of the army. After a short time, it also reached royal and noble banquets all over Europe. For this reason it was famously dubbed “The King of Wines, the Wine of Kings”.
