Figli Luigi Oddero, Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont, Italy, 2021

Overview of the Wine
You cannot look ahead if you do not know what lies behind you.

The winery was established by Luigi Oddero, a winemaker and very inquisitive and cultured man, deeply in love with his land, the Langhe. A country gentleman, as Mario Soldati described him in his 1975 interview, which was published in the book Vino al Vino. A man who combined a practical mind and long-term vision, well representing the fusion between energies of the past and the skill of looking ahead. A charismatic figure, poised between progress and preservation, always turning his attention to technical innovation, but doing so without ever losing sight of his family’s history, which began in the 1800s with his grandparents, winemakers and wine merchants themselves.

Luigi, while busy experimenting with and planting international varieties, always gave preference to the Langhe’s native variety, Nebbiolo, and to all the other local traditional grapes, such as Barbera, Dolcetto and Freisa. In more recent times, he kept pursuing Barolo’s traditional winemaking method by using large barrels. Luigi was not only a winegrower. Driven by the passion for his land, he also grew hazelnut and peach trees and other typical fruits of the Langhe hills.

Today, after Luigi’s death, the winery is managed by his wife Lena and children Maria and Giovanni, who were named after their great-grandparents, with whom the winery’s history began. And so, tradition represents continuity, the common thread running through the past, present and future.

Winemaker
Dante Scaglioni

Grape / Blend
100% Nebbiolo

Origin
Piedmont, Italy

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Bright ruby-red colored. Floral and fruity aromas typical of the Nebbiolo variety. Dry and savoury on the palate with notes of fruit and wilted flowers. Excellent structure, great balance and long aromatic persistence. Best served at cellar temperature in a wide wine glass, this wine pairs well with all appetizers, including cured meats, sausages and raw meat dishes, and with Piedmontese-style mixed fry, fondue, risotto and pasta with or without truffle, barbecued meat, poultry and stewed meat, Cacciatora-style rabbit, spit-roasted meat.

91 Points - Falstaff
Brilliant garnet red with oily reflections. Hesitant, delicately scented nose, redcurrant, later light clove and distinct black pepper. Strongly astringent on the palate, lively acidity and a persistent finish. The wine can be expected to mellow with a little ageing. 

Product size: 750ml