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# 69 • OCTOBER 5 , 2015
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ITALIAN WINE:
Nebbiolo wines of the Langhe
and Roero with Demarie
By Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com
The Demarie winery, owner by Paolo Demarie, is
located in Vezza d'Alba,
which is part of the Roero district. Their vineyards
are spread out across 20
hectacres (50 acres) in the
towns of Vezza, Guarene,
Castellinaldo and Castagnito. The Demarie winery
is run by 3 generations.
Today I wanted to highlight two of the Demarie
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nebbiolo wines and do a
comparison of them: 2013
Demarie Langhe Nebbiolo; 2012 Demarie Nebbiolo d'Alba.
As you all know terroir is
one of the major factors
in the result of a final wine
in addition to the choices
made by a winemaker inside the production facilities when it comes to
fermentation and aging
methods. Piedmont is one
of those regions in Italy
where terroir is so important, especially in the cru
sites of Barolo and Barbaresco, as it produces many
different styles of nebbiolo. Nebbiolo expresses
itself throughout the rest
of Piedmont in many different styles. These two wines are from the Langhe