Deditus - Barolo
The voice of 9 of the biggest farmers of Barolo region
This smart association recently has shown the harvest 2020 in the Langhe region behind the problems concerning the crisis due to coronavirus around the globe. DEDITUS, held by Gianni Gagliardi, is thrilled to share the proper ideas about the impact of the Covid-19 in the economy besides the future of the tourism in Piedmont, the new technologies in the farm, the economic contributions and the online wine sales.
Before to show the features of harvest 2020, the wineries confided they have received great feedback from the North Europe markets and other beside the continent. Indeed, this year were supposed to be one of the best, due to the launch of the vintage 2016 of Barolo. Luckily, Nebbiolo is one of the best grapes able to ageing very well so, since the fabulous results reach in the winter, the Barolo market has decelerated; to sum up, the denomination has held up notwithstanding the period. Emanuele Baldi, the marketing director of Prunotto says ”Barbera and Dolcetto have suffered more” but other wineries have been performing very well since the begin of the year likewise Poderi Luigi Einaudi. In reverse, Pio Boffa owner of Pio Cesare winery shouts and asks how will be the harvest in 2021: ”It is the results of what the market is living nowadays. There will be space in the cellar?”. Next year we will see the release of 2017, at that time will be necessary to see what would be the interest of the critics about it and the impact on the market. Here because we must think about what could be the best promotion of Barolo even in the Langhe region. ”All the wine strategy must be
reinvented” - said Emanuele Baldi.
In this particular year, wine strategy must be reinvented.
Talking about the harvest 2020 in Langhe, for Nebbiolo grapes has been a fabulous year, unexpectedly beautiful and rich harvest arrived.
Luigi Scavino’s point of view of the Azelia company puts all the partners in agreement: ”the cool nights recorded from late July to mid-August, and the temperature variations, favoured the Nebbiolo that we found with exceptional aromas. We dared to wait before harvesting despite some hesitation and fear due to the September rainfall. The harvest ended in mid-October with a complete phenolic ripeness, healthy grapes with good acidity and rather high sugar
content. We are satisfied despite the difficulty, due to the covid, in finding the manpower.” Luca Sandrone, on the other hand, underlined the importance of being a group of families of such size as to guarantee the control of the entire production process and as regards the harvest that has just ended,
he states: ”It was an early and fluctuating year but Nebbiolo once again has answered very well, confirming why it is perfectly acclimatized in the Langhe. The blow of the tail in those cooler nights when we saw the first snowfalls in the Alps gave us a rich harvest, in quantity and quality. But also richness in colors and polyphenol content. ”
Emanuele Baldi also confirms the beauty of the grapes harvested, which has avoided not only
any fermentation problems and returned ”a perfume that can be felt in very few years. We are at the mercy of nature which, this year, has been generous with the grapes.“
Deditus wineries are: a Azelia, Cordero di Montezemolo, Michele Chiarlo, Pio Cesare, Poderi Gianni Gagliardo, Poderi Luigi Einaudi, Prunotto, Sandrone Luciano e Vietti.