Sottimano - Barbaresco Cottà produced in 9000 bottles in the single vineyard of the same name located in Neive, aged for 18 months in used barriques.

Sottimano – Barbaresco Cottà – 2020

In the Barbaresco world one of the best known Cru remains Cottà, it is a vast hillside located in the commune of Neive and was one of the first vineyards to be vinified in purity given its egregious quality. The composition of the soils is very balanced between sandy and clay components in which southwest to southeast exposures give sensual and well aged wines, Sottimano owns a parcel with 60-year-old plants from which it produces 4800 bottles. Precise choice of grapes that are vinified on the skins in steel tanks for 25 days using indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation and aging take place in used barriques for 18-20 months before resting in bottles. Excellent label for a variety of reasons, really enveloping aromas of red fruits and flowers, presents great structure without losing elegance with vigorous but never invasive tannins that make it a wine of remarkable finesse.

  • Producer: Sottimano
  • Name: Barbaresco Cottà
  • Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Alcohol Content: 14,5%
  • Bottle Size: 750 ml
  • Production: 9000 bottles

Productive Notes: vinification in steel tanks with indigenous yeasts. Aged for 18 months in used barriques.

Wine naturally contains solphites

69,00€

2 in stock

Description

The winemakers of yesteryear still exist. The Sottimano family is a fantastic example of how that world is the basis of Langa life, we are talking about the 1960s-70s when Rino finished wine school, founded his own company and decided to start making wine. Few family hectares but at Neive, one of the best areas for the production of Barbaresco, the difficulties were not easy in fact sacrifices were the basis of every day in a complicated historical period. Skilled as few were, he was able to bridge those moments by immediately making masterful quality with wines with a traditional yet innovative touch, a lot of work in the vineyard along with careful selection of clusters and subdivision of the various plots in order to obtain more detailed products. Compared to the beginnings today there are 18 hectares between Barbaresco and Neive in 5 of the best crus such as Cottà, Pajorè, Fausoni, Currà and Basarin where the winery’s philosophy has remained the same in environmental conservation without the use of chemicals but natural so as not to alter the balance of each hill. The approach in the cellar is a mixture of traditional and modern with spontaneous vinification, long extractions in macerations and aging in wood of a minimum of 12 months with the use of small or large barrels depending on the label. These are wines that reflect the terroir those made by Rino and his sons, unfortunately very limited quantities but inside each bottle there is the same thing: a lot of passion.

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