Poderi Luigi Einaudi Barolo DOCG LUDO 2019 (750ml)

 

Rated 93 Points by Wine Spectator

 

Bright and well-delineated, exuding cherry, strawberry, rose and earth flavors.  Turns firm and tightly wound from midpalate through the finish, showing the austerity of the vintage.  There is plenty here, but this just needs time.  Best from 2026 through 2045.

 

Rated 92 Points by James Suckling

 

Plenty of dried flowers with spices such as cloves and dried lavender.  Strawberry and orange peel.  Medium-bodied with firm and racy tannins and a fresh and firm finish.  A little tight and lean.  Should soften and open with time.

 

Poderi Luigi Einaudi Barolo DOCG LUDO 2019

 

It is the only classic Barolo in production, the name Ludo comes from the Latin name “ludus” which translated means “game” precisely because it was produced using different sub-zones.

 

Tasting Notes

 

Bright red color slightly amber over time, exuberant in the scent of fruit and spices, full-bodied, full and velvety with a long finish of tar and spices.

 

Food Pairings

 

Our Baroli pair well with roasts, braised meats, fillets, pasta with complex sauces and medium-aged cheeses.

 

Vineyard & Production Information

 

Soil Composition:  Marly-Calcareous

 

Training Method:  Guyot

 

Elevation:  It has different altitudes

 

Exposure:  South, South West

 

Vine Age:  Between 20 and 50 Years Old

 

Harvest Time:  Mid-October

 

First vintage of this wine:  2014

 

Production:  31,200 Bottles

 

Winemaking & Aging

 

Varietal Composition:  Nebbiolo 100%

 

Fermentation Container:  Cement

 

Length of alcoholic fermentation:  22-25 Days

 

Fermentation Temperature:  20-32 Degrees

 

Maceration Technique:  Yes

 

Length of Maceration:  Almost 30 Days

 

Malolactic Fermentation:  Yes

 

Type of aging container:  Large Barrel/Tonneau then cement

 

Size of aging container:  Max 5000 L

 

Type of oak:  French Oak

 

Length of aging:  24 Month

 

Length of bottle aging:  12 Months

 

Piedmont Wine Region

 

Piemonte is considered by many the top wine region of Italy, being the land of Barolo and Barbaresco, even though these mega-popular wines only account for 3% of the region’s wine production.

 

 

Poderi Luigi Einaudi

 

         Producer Profile

 

Estate owned by:  Poderi Luigi Einaudi

 

Winemaker:  Zvonimir Jurkovic

 

Winery production:  400,000 Bottles

 

 Region:  Piedmont

 

Luigi Einaudi, the historic founder of the winery that bears his name, as well as being the first democratically elected President of the Republic.  He decided in 1915 to create a cellar to produce and bottle wine, rather than just selling the grapes.  He at once began to buy vineyards that enjoyed a particular position, exposure and soil quality in order to produce the best wines.

 

Einaudi’s family kept many country traditions alive, leaving the running of the estates, for example, to the families who had always lived in the farmhouses.  After Luigi Einaudi, the company was led by his second child Roberto, born in Dogliani.  At the end of the 1980s, Paola, Roberto’s daughter, left her job in Milan and moved to Dogliani, together with Giorgio Ruffo, her lifelong companion.

 

Today, it is Matteo Sardagna Einaudi, Paola’s son, who is at the helm of the company.  He was educated at a Steinerian school and graduated in architecture.

 

 

Rated 93 Points by Wine Spectator

 

Bright and well-delineated, exuding cherry, strawberry, rose and earth flavors.  Turns firm and tightly wound from midpalate through the finish, showing the austerity of the vintage.  There is plenty here, but this just needs time.  Best from 2026 through 2045.