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![Dolcetto d'Alba DOC 2020]()
Dolcetto d’Alba DOC 2020
Ruby with violet reflections. Round bouquet of elderberries, blueberry muffins and dried spices. Well structured on the palate with a well-proportioned body, beautiful ripe tannins and a hint of delicate almond tones in the round final. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Dolcetto
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 27,65 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,05 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 2,15 g/l
- Sulfite: 0,85 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,48
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2025
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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!["Sommo" Arneis Langhe DOC 2021]()
“Sommo” Arneis Langhe DOC 2021
Light yellow with silver reflections. In the soft bouquet orange zest with a discreet stone fruit touch and delicate herbal spice. Medium-bodied, white apple fruit, mineral and persistent, restrained fruit sweetness in the finish, a multi-faceted food companion. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2020 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Arneis
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 22,60 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,79 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,08 g/l
- Sulfite: 75 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,47
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2025
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC 2019]()
Barbera d’Alba Superiore DOC 2019
Fontanabianca has created an elegant and densely packed Barbera. It shows the exuberance and potential of the grape, yet with appropriate restraint. It is neither jammy nor too fruity, but indulges with a fine dose of dried cherry and plum aromas, plus some Spanish cedar with a fine citrus note. A well-balanced drop with a beautiful final. SUPERIORE.DE
"Revealing dark cherry and dried blackberry, the Fontanabianca 2019 Barbera d'Alba Superiore is a mid-weight expression that delivers the black fruit intensity this grape is known for, but it also shows a good level of mouth-freshening acidity. This wine would pair nicely with a flatbread or pinsa topped with pulled pork and smoked cheese. You get good value here." Robert Parker
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Barbera
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 12 months large oak barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,65 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,65 g/l
- Sulfite: 88 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,41
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2025+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Nebbiolo Langhe DOC 2020]()
Nebbiolo Langhe DOC 2020
A Nebbiolo for purists. Pine resin, dried fruit and ethereal spices on the nose. On the palate, we find lots of juicy cherry alongside sweet plum, plus robust tannins and a fine mineral acidity. This drop calls for a strong food companion and is a great pleasure in this combination! SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months large oak barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,65 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,22 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,26 g/l
- Sulfite: 82 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,39
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2027+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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!["Classe 91" Metodo Classico VSQ brut]()
“Classe 91” Metodo Classico VSQ brut
With less than two grams of residual sugar, this high-quality spumante, produced using the Champagne method, is a particularly dry representative of its kind. The Chardonnay grapes come from clay and limestone terroir about 450m above sea level in the small municipality of Neviglie. Fresh and floral on the nose with beautiful citrus and subtle yeast notes. Fine perlage, harmonious on the palate with a fine creaminess and a multilayered finish. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2017 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Varieties: 80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Nero
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months on the yeast
- Development: metodo classico/bottle fermentation
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 20,30 g/l
- Total Acidity: 8,03 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,90 g/l
- Sulfite: 40 mg/l
- ph-Value: 2,97
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 14-16 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Barbaresco DOCG 2019]()
Barbaresco DOCG 2019
Bright ruby red with orange reflections. Fine bouquet of violets, forest floor and a balsamic camphor note. On the palate Marasca cherry, some raspberry, liquorice and a mint note. Fresh acidity and the right amount of elegant tannins round off the lively and long final. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 12-15 months tonneau/barrique
- Development: partly barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,48 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,08 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,26 g/l
- Sulfite: 77 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,47
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2032+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Barbaresco Serraboella DOCG 2018]()
Barbaresco Serraboella DOCG 2018
Medium-bodied ruby red, fine rose bouquet with hints of tea and dried herbs. Beautiful black cherry aroma with well-integrated wood notes makes it a balanced and at no point intrusive wine. The 2016 climate also gave this Nebbiolo an impressive precision and straightness. SUPERIORE.DE
"Medium red; some fruit, tobacco; powerful, juicy, good tartness, very pleasant." Merum
"Developed-looking mid ruby with bricky rim. Brooding, complex, deep nose with a hint of Moroccan leather. Generous but not yet fully open fruit, stitched together by gorgeous chewy tannins and ripe acidity. Good medium-term potential." Jancis Robinson
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: wooden barrel
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 28,56 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,68 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 0,35 g/l
- Sulfite: 98 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,55
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2032+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Barbaresco Bordini DOCG 2017]()
Barbaresco Bordini DOCG 2017
Medium deep ruby red with orange reflections. Wonderful bouquet of fine sour cherry and strawberry compote with restrained oak spice. Complex and juicy on the palate with a potpourri of dark fruit, framed by fine-grained tannin. Well structured, it leads to an interesting, long finish. SUPERIORE.DE
"Tasted blind. Mid ruby with bricky rim. Deep, brooding nose with a hint of fruit pastry and succulent, dark fruit and dried cherry on the palate. Lots of juice on the finish, while the coating tannins give it grip." Jancis Robinson
"Packaged in the bottle with the black label, the Fontanabianca 2017 Barbaresco Bordini shows us a beautiful expression from Neive, one of the three principal comuni, or villages, that make up the appellation. The results here are tightly knit and firm, with lifted aromas of forest fruit, iron ore, cola and balsam herb. The tannins show some dryness, probably a consequence of the hot vintage, but the wine offers plenty of extra fruit padding and cushioning in order to hit the right balance. The final results are yielding and pliable." Robert Parker
"A firm, fresh red with raspberry, lemon-peel and light cedar undertones. It’s medium-bodied with chewy, polished tannins that are long and very intense. Just a baby. Give it time to come around. Better after 2022." James Suckling
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 15 months used barrique
- Development: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,97 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,19 g/l
- Sulfite: 74 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,42
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2034+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Barbaresco Bordini DOCG 2019]()
Barbaresco Bordini DOCG 2019
Medium deep ruby red with orange reflections. Wonderful bouquet of fine sour cherry and strawberry compote with restrained oak spice. Multilayered and juicy on the palate with a potpourri of dark fruits framed by fine-grained tannin. Well structured, it leads into an interesting, long finish. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 15 months used barrique
- Development: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 30,15 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,05 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,15 g/l
- Sulfite: 72 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,44
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2035+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Nebbiolo Langhe DOC 2020 <br>MAGNUM]()
Nebbiolo Langhe DOC 2020 · MAGNUM
A Nebbiolo for purists. Pine resin, dried fruit and ethereal spices on the nose. On the palate, we find lots of juicy cherry alongside sweet plum, plus robust tannins and a fine mineral acidity. This drop calls for a strong food companion and is a great pleasure in this combination! SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 6 months large oak barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,65 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,22 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,26 g/l
- Sulfite: 82 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,39
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2029+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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!["Brunet" Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC 2018 <br>MAGNUM in OWC]()
“Brunet” Barbera d’Alba Superiore DOC 2018 · MAGNUM in OWC
Only in the best years, the grapes from the one-hectare Barbera vineyard "Brunet", planted by Matteo's grandfather in the 1960s, are turned into their own Barbera d'Alba Superiore, and this is bottled in a few hundred magnum bottles after 2 years of ageing in large wood, and only released in small quantities on request. The 2018 edition is more restrained and elegant than the classic Barbera Superiore of the house. A brightness and freshness shines from the glass, which, together with the bouquet of wild cherry and blackberry, reveals a terrific independence and finesse. Then, in the drink, a depth and length flanked by well-proportioned acidity and mild tannins, which make the wine a great companion for juicy steaks or braised game dishes as it matures in the bottle. This is a Barbera Cru in a class of its own! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Barbera
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 24 months large oak barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,95 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,82 g/l
- Sulfite: 85 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,40
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2028+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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![Barbaresco Bordini DOCG 2019 <br>MAGNUM in OWC]()
Barbaresco Bordini DOCG 2019 · MAGNUM in OWC
Medium deep ruby red with orange reflections. Wonderful bouquet of fine sour cherry and strawberry compote with restrained oak spice. Multilayered and juicy on the palate with a potpourri of dark fruits framed by fine-grained tannin. Well structured, it leads into an interesting, long finish. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 15 months used barrique
- Development: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 30,15 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,05 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,15 g/l
- Sulfite: 72 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,44
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2037+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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"family business" one could call the typical Piedmontese winery of the Polas. Papa Aldo and son Matteo take care of the winemaking, so to speak the cellar, the second son Davide takes care of the vineyards and Mama Luisella takes care of the organisation and the bookkeeping.
It all began in 1969 when grandfather Franco Pola and his friend Ottavio Ferro founded a small winery in Bordini. A tiny village near Neive in Piedmont, where one family ran a Salumeria and the other family sold it in their Alimentari.
The sons Aldo Pola and Bruno Ferro made such fine wines in the second generation that Fontanabianca quickly became a secret tip among wine lovers. This was mainly due to the fact that the two recognized the potential that was to be found in their Barbaresco top locations. "Bordini" and "serraboella" and worked out the elegance of this calcareous terroir. While Bordini is almost entirely south oriented and therefore produces slightly denser, fuller wines, Serraboella is exposed to the southwest and a little cooler.
Matteo Pola joined the company in 2016 after studying wine and a few years in a wine laboratory, when the Ferro family retired for reasons of age. Matteo loves the elegance and harmony between fruit, tannins and acidity in the wine and has therefore carefully changed the style: "In the late 1990s and 2000s, complexity was important, as ripeness meant harvesting as late as possible to reach high sugar levels. I prefer to harvest three or four days earlier, looking for the optimal degree of ripeness to achieve more elegance and freshness. I don't want aromas of overripe grapes in my wines."
The 2018 harvest also saw the completion of the new cellar, which over three floors, two of which are directly under the vineyard, enables gentler treatment without pumps. Matteo now also has more room for even more accurate selection, including large and small wooden barrels, when taking over the grapes, in order to be able to optimally develop the various batches. Arneis, Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo are cultivated. Four wines are made from Nebbiolo, one Langhe Nebbiolo, one "normal Barbaresco" - a selection of different sites, classically matured in large wooden barrels - and the two single sites (Cru): Barbaresco Serraboella, from approx. 15-20 year old vines, fermented in steel tanks and traditionally matured in large barrels for 15 months, as well as the "flagship" Barbaresco Bordini, from vines over 30 years old, allowed to mature for 15 months in small barrels (tonneaux and barriques).
And because his grandfather loved to drink sparkling wines so much, he was pleased to have produced a "blanc de blancs" Spumante Metodo Classico in classic bottle fermentation from Chardonnay, with almost zero residual sugar or dosage, which is now quite in demand. The vineyards are cultivated close to nature and for several years neither fertilizers nor chemical sprays have been used. SUPERIORE.DE
Facts
- Year of foundation: 1969
- Owner: Family Pola
- Oenologists: Aldo and Matteo Pola
- Agronomist: Davide Pola
- Annual production: approx. 70,000 bottles
- Vineyard: approx. 14 hectares
- Natural cultivation