Azelia Langhe Nebbiolo 2017

Drink now through to 2026. No need to decant before serving.

Azelia has become one of the Piedmont’s leading lights thanks to the passion and commitment of owner Luigi Scavino whose family has been growing grapes and making wine on this land for generations. Today the estate is farmed organically and all work is done manually to ensure that they produce the very best quality grapes possible. In recent years Luigi has sought to limit the amount of oak influence in his wines and primarily works with traditional large oak botti and used barrels to allow the character of the grapes to shine through.

Luigi’s Langhe Nebbiolo is a lively, youthful expression of the Piedmont’s most famous black grape which is made with fruit sourced from Barolo vineyards in the prized sub-regions of Castiglione Falletto and Serralunga d’Alba.The vines here are 25 years old and grown on a combination of calcareous and clay soils which helps to craft a complex, multi-layered wine with plenty of freshness balanced by intense ripe fruit flavours.

To showcase the pure varietal character of the Nebbiolo the wine is vinified and aged in stainless steel tanks. The result is a graceful medium bodied red which opens with enticing aromas of rose petals, black cherries, and cassis which carry through onto the palate.