After the German trip, it’s time for Italy and the first stop was La Bioca in Barolo. I have always enjoyed wines from this area but, with this visit, I felt in love with the region itself. The landscape is stunningly beautiful and the food super delicious!
We met with Igor and Olga from La Bioca on a cloudy morning but luckily we had good sunshine during our tour through the vineyards. We made several stops including at the famous cru Ravera and Bussia. Nevertheless the vineyard that impressed me most was the San Sebastiano, a vineyard in Monforte d’Alba which lies just outside the territory of Barolo DOCG.
San Sebastiano is a single vineyard on a beautiful slope and soil rich with limestone perfect for the Nebbiolo grape. Before global warming, the area used to be too cold to produce good enough grapes so it was excluded from the Barolo classification. Nowadays, as you may all felt, the earth is getting much warmer and San Sebastiano’s grapes have improved greatly (I will write more about the wines in our next post).
The trend about warm sites being too warm and cool sites getting better is becoming clearer to us after our meeting with many winemakers this year especially in Italy where the climate is generally warmer than Germany and France. So guys. Global Warming is real serious and we have to do our part if we want to keep drinking good wines!
A big thank you to Igor and Olga for the warm welcome and we can’t wait for our next visit!
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