2024 Albino Rocca Langhe Nebbiolo Rosso di Rocca, Piedmont

The 2024 Langhe Nebbiolo Rosso di Rocca is laced with crushed flowers, sweet red-toned fruits, cedar and pipe tobacco. Like all the wines here in 2024, the Langhe Nebbiolo is on the lighter, more ethereal side.

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Perched among the rolling crus of Barbaresco, Albino Rocca is one of Piedmont’s quietly revered family estates, known for crafting Nebbiolo with both aromatic lift and graceful structure. Now led by the Rocca sisters, the winery continues a tradition that dates back generations, combining deep respect for vineyard heritage with thoughtful modern refinement. Rosso di Rocca Langhe Nebbiolo draws on fruit from carefully tended hillside parcels surrounding Barbaresco, where calcareous marl soils and ideal exposures shape wines of perfume, tension and quiet persistence.

A luminous garnet red shimmers in the glass, immediately releasing classic Nebbiolo aromatics. Sour cherry, redcurrant and wild strawberry mingle with rose petal, orange peel and a gentle hint of anise and dried herbs. There is a lovely transparency to the fruit. On the palate the wine feels finely poised and medium bodied, bright red berries flowing across chalky, well integrated tannins with notes of cranberry, liquorice and crushed stone adding depth. Fresh acidity keeps everything lively and food friendly, finishing long, dry and savoury with a lingering floral echo.

This is the kind of Nebbiolo that makes simple Italian meals feel special. Think tajarin with butter and sage, veal saltimbocca, mushroom pizza or thinly sliced prosciutto shared at a bustling table. Delicious now with a brief decant yet capable of evolving gracefully over five to eight years as leather, truffle and forest floor complexity begins to emerge. A beautifully authentic Langhe Nebbiolo that showcases the finesse and heritage of Albino Rocca.