Montalbera Il Don Nebbiolo 2022

Montalbera

Montalbera Il Don Nebbiolo 2022

Style Wine Italy Red
Producer Montalbera
Origin Piedmont
$53 / btl
Mixed six eligible at cart

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What it tastes like.

Intense purple red with slight brick reflections.

Intense, persistent and characteristic. Typical foggy hints, with notes of dried rose and violet, lightly spiced with cloves, black pepper, nutmeg.

Light and fine texture. Slightly expressed tannin and acidity typical of the Nebbiolo of Monferrato.

The house

About Montalbera.

Montalbera is a family estate in Castagnole Monferrato, Piedmont, producing Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG — a rare indigenous red variety grown only in this small DOC zone in the Monferrato hills. The Morando family purchased and revived the estate in 1999. Ruché produces wines with pronounced floral and spice character from clay-limestone soils at moderate altitude.

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How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    16–18°C · cellar temperature, never warm

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How should I store it before opening?

Keep it somewhere cool, dark, and steady. Wine prefers cellar temperature; spirits are happier away from heat and direct sunlight.

How long will it keep once opened?

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How is it packed for delivery?

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What about hot weather shipping?

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Why Caravan backs Montalbera

Piedmont

Ruchè is a low-yielding variety producing wines with vivid aromas of rose petals, violet and spice, with firm structure once the tannins resolve. The DOCG covers only six communes in Monferrato, and Montalbera is among the larger estate holders within the zone. The estate also grows Grignolino d'Asti and Barbera d'Asti from the surrounding hillside vineyards. The Fuori Catalogo expression is an outside-the-main-range bottling, typically a single-vineyard or experimental batch.

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