Nicola del Negro "L'Oura" NV Vin Rouge Valée d'Aoste
Nicola del Negro "L'Oura" NV Vin Rouge Valée d'Aoste
750ml bottle
14% abv
Deep extraction. Nose of berry fruit & candied red flower petal. Palate follows nose, with grip, lift, & energy. Deftly masks its high abv.
Barbera, Dolcetto, Pinot Noir, Petit Rouge
Young Nicola Del Negro is among Italy’s most talented winemakers and has been doing simply amazing work at the Cave du Mont Blanc de Morgex et La Salle, by far the largest producer of the Valle D’Aosta’s Alta Valle, the high or upper third of the region, right next to France. In this remote area, two of Italy’s prettiest grape varieties grow: the white Prié and the very rare pale red Roussin de Morgex, which should not be confused with Roussin. Del Negro has recently started making wine from his family’s vines.
His parents planned for that day to come, as in 1996 they planted a vineyard of Torrette, Pinot Noir and Petite Arvine with the hopes that their son would one day bottle wines from this plot.
Nicola eventually enrolled in the University of Milan where he studied enology and worked for several years in Switzerland before returning home in 2011 to help his cousin. His cousin had a vineyard in Chambave, and needed an extra hand to assist with harvest. While working within Chambave, Nicola eventually found a job at arguably the most important coop in Valle D'Aosta. Nicola has grown in his role, while continuing to work on his family project. He hopes that in 2 years he can live off his farm alone. Right now he’s relying on the help of his parents, who are retired, to assist him as he pulls double duty.
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