Nebbiolo vines above the town of Barolo. Wikimedia
Christmas or New Year? Nah! A birthday? Nope. I now find myself marking the passing of another year with my attendance at Nebbiolo Prima.
In late January, it was for the fourth consecutive year that I attended Nebbiolo Prima in Alba, Piemonte, the most significant pre-release tasting event for the new vintage Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero DOCG wines. I went with a heightened sense of anticipation — this year’s edition featured the 2020 vintage Barolo wines and the much-hyped 2021 vintage Barbaresco and Roero wines, plus a selection of older Riserva wines. It was also the first year that the Albeisa people, the consorzio that organises this event, welcomed the press group to their new, custom-built tasting facility.
I went with a heightened sense of anticipation — this year’s edition featured the 2020 vintage Barolo wines and the much-hyped 2021 vintage Barbaresco and Roero wines, plus a selection of older Riserva wines.
As per previous editions of the tasting, more than 300 wines were presented. Importantly, the wines were tasted blind — the vast majority of the wines bottled and ready for release though some, which are not reviewed here, were indicated as barrel (or tank) samples. Each producer was permitted to submit two wines which means there was an extraordinary cross-section of wineries represented.from the Langhe and Roero.
You can read my 2021, 2022 and 2023 reports, from which you can get an appraisal of the vintages from 2016 to 2020
This Article was originally published on The Real Review
