Oddero is one of the great, historic, traditional Barolo houses with a long history spanning over 200 years. This beautiful, graceful but layered Barolo showcases the quality one would expect from generations of know-how.
Normally this Barolo is sourced from two crus in La Morra (Bricco Chiesa & Capalot) and one in Castiglione Falletto (Bricco Fiasco). In 2018, Oddero decided to include their new parcel in Monivigliero as well as the sites they normally bottle as crus, Villero and Rocche di Castiglione.
The additions of those parcels significantly elevates the quality of fruit in this wine compared to other vintages.
The soils of Bricco Chiesa and Capalot are made up of fine clays, with sand and limestone. The soil at Bricco Fiasco is predominantly clay with some limestone.
Grapes are hand-harvested from 65 year old vines in the first part of October. Each cru is fermented and macerated separately in stainless steel for about 20 days. Each cru is then aged separately for 30 months in a mix of very large 40 to 75 HL casks of Austrian and Slavonian oak. In the spring, the crus are assembled into the final blend and then bottled at the end of summer. Finally, the wine spends a minimum of six months in the bottle before release.
