Drink Wines, Not Labels "Outside" 2020 Nebbiolo Langhe, Piemonte

750ml bottle

14.5% abv

"Outside", 100% Nebbiolo which follows the Barolo specifications but is “outside” the boundaries of the denomination, brings a bit of controversy, a bit of provocation, and demonstrates that climate change changes many things. Even the very way of making wine is changing, as are consumer tastes. 

Outside refers to Alessandro's position a stone's throw too far from the Barolo zone. It almost reaches the same ageing requirement as Barolo (38 months total, 18 in oak) at 30 months total.

Immensely approachable now, but with power to support it for many years yet. 

Drink Wines, Not Labels, was born in 2019 in Montelupo Albese, in the heart of the Langhe, 50 meters beyond the boundaries of the Barolo denomination. It all starts from Alessandro Salvano and one of his reflections: "In recent years I have often asked myself whether it still makes sense to imagine such defined borders for these territories, whether the geographical lines drawn over 40 years ago really determine the quality of a product in the contemporary context.”