Sindi Mandiqi Langhe Nebbiolo 2022 750ml

Organic. 100% Nebbiolo. This is Sindi Mandiqi's first vintage; she is the cellarhand of and apprentice to well-regarded Barbaresco vignaiolo Olek Bondonio. The grapes for this bottling are drawn from an organic farmer-partner who also provides fruit to Bondonio's Langhe Nebbiolo négociant bottling. In Mandiqi's own words, it's a "beautiful vineyard near the area of Diano d'Alba and Ricca." Because she's not a huge fan of oaked Nebbiolo, this wine was macerated for roughly ten days during ferment in stainless steel tank; it rested there until bottling in summer of '23. Unfined/unfiltered. Solid ripe red fruit with a touch of Nebbiolo tannins and a great sense of liveliness and lift. Medium weight, but lots of freshness.