Protero

Nebbiolo

2023 Protero Nebbiolo

Our longest hang time yet — and a vintage that kept us guessing.

The 2023 Protero Nebbiolo was harvested at the end of May — the latest harvest date we’ve seen in our 20 years of making wine. In fact, we had a running bet in the winery about whether it would ever get ripe.

Nebbiolo is an intriguing variety. Along with Chardonnay, it is among the first vines to begin growing in spring, yet it is traditionally one of the last to be harvested. That long period on the vine — known as hang time — plays an important role in the character and quality of the finished wine.

We like to think of the vine leaves as solar panels, collecting flavour from the sun rather than electricity. The longer the fruit remains on the vine, the more flavour and complexity can build, while the tannins have more time to ripen and soften.

The 2023 vintage had the longest hang time of any Protero Nebbiolo we’ve made, resulting in a distinctive, cooler and finer expression of the variety.

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Texture

Cooler and more fruit-forward than some previous vintages, with layers of chinotto, cherry and blackberry alongside dusty cocoa, leather and tobacco. The finish is long, earthy and mouth-coating, with the distinctive, fine-grained tannins that Nebbiolo is known for.

Goes With

This is a wine that makes you want to eat.

It’s made for fatty red meats and hard cheeses, but is equally at home alongside mushrooms, beef cooked in red wine, steak, rich ragu or Middle Eastern-style slow-cooked lamb shoulder.

And if we had to choose a last meal? Agnolotti del plin in butter and sage, shaved with white truffle. Pour the Nebbiolo generously.

Cellaring

Drink now or keep for ten.

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