Tasting notes:
Poderi Colla Drago, Nebbiolo d’Alba. A fine aromatic nose with redcurrant fruit, mingling with spicy, smoky notes. Taut and fresh on the palate combining bright red fruits with earthy notes and brown spice. A complex and elegant expression of Nebbiolo combining vibrant acidity, perfectly poised tannins and fine aromatic length.
Food Pairing:
Serve with grilled steak and red meat, or alternatively robust pasta dishes with wild boar or rabbit ragu.
Producer/Region: Poderi Colla Drago, Nebbiolo d’Alba
Established in 1993 by Tino Colla (brother of the legendry Beppe Colla) and his niece Federica. Poderi Colla is very much a family affair and continues the Colla family’s three centuries of winemaking heritage in northern Italy.
Tino and Federica believe in a non-interventionist approach to winemaking, to give each wine a unique expression of site and vintage. And they take sustainability and the environment as seriously as their wines.
They produce wines from three outstanding sites in Alba and cover nearly the entire spectrum of Alba styles. Using their own grapes from vineyards in Bricco del Drago, Tenuta Roncaglie (Barbaresco) and Tenuta Dardi le Rose (Barolo). The wines are balanced, rich and complex.
In 1980, Luciano Degiacomi, the original owner of the Cascine Drago vineyard, a pioneer of sustainable viticulture and friend of the Colla family, made this statement about his viticultural practices. “These wines are produced from grapes coming from traditionally farmed vineyards, with no chemical herbicides, defended from animal and vegetable pests using ‘Lotta Guidata’. This method (literally ‘controlled struggle’) allows healthy production, respecting the environment and human health, through the reduced and targeted use of the most appropriate treatments.” This ethos is still in force today.
For more information about the producer: https://www.podericolla.it/en/
