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Barolo

A Piedmontese DOCG made exclusively from nebbiolo, with a minimum ageing period before release. Both tannin and acidity are high, hence the very long ageing.

Country
Italie
Region
Piémont
Main grape varieties
Nebbiolo

Drinking window

Years after the vintage, for a bottle kept in good conditions.

  • Red

    8 to 30 years after the vintage

    For a 2018: drink between 2026 and 2048.

These ranges are indicative: vintage, producer and storage conditions shift them.

Sources

The ranges published here are an editorial estimate, cross-checked against the references listed below and against the usual ageing behaviour of the style. They are not figures quoted directly from those sources.