Description
Trediberri translates in italiano as the three from Berri (a little hamlet of La Morra, the highest town in Barolo and renowned for wines of elegance and refinement).
Father and son team Frederico & Nicola Oberto and friend Vladimiro Rambaldi (a banker) make up the trio and back in 2008 they purchased 5ha of Berri vineyards in La Morra. Anna Rosa Oberto (wife/mother) is also hands on pruning vines fastidiously when not working at the post office. The Oberto family also have 2ha of one of premium Barolo cru: Rocche dell’Annunziata. Their new winery in the village of Torriglione overlooks the vineyard.
Nic Oberto oversees the winemaking at Trediberri with his father Federico (following his retirement from Renato Ratti after several decades) and Enologist Livio Taretto, and Nic’s fiancée Stefania Drocco, plays an increasingly important role in the overall Trediberri story. Since 2012 Trediberri winery has been certified by CCPB srl, Bologna as in conversion to organic.
This new kid on the block is making some brilliant wines and I enjoyed them too much over lunch in a Barolo trip a couple of years ago!
Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media, Feb 2018. … “Trediberri is a new entry in the Piedmont landscape. Proprietor Frederico Oberto who previously worked at Renato Ratti, along with his son, Nicola, and friend Vladimiro Rambaldi make elegant, classically inspired Barolos from vineyards in La Morra. Nicola Oberto is young and brimming with both passion and enthusiasm, all qualities that make Trediberri an estate to watch. These wines are just gorgeous.”
Andrew Jefford named Trediberri amongst his “Five Outstanding Barolo & Barbaresco Producers for Value” August ’15
2021 Trediberri Barbera d’Alba is the result of the blend of 2 different vineyards: 40% from La Morra, from a 40 year- old & east-faced vineyard in front of the winery in Borgata Torriglione. Here the soil is a classic tortonian blue marl, just a bit more clayish than Rocche dell’Annunziata. The remaining 60% of the grapes come from Roero area, where the sandy soil gives lightness and lift.
From the winemaker about the 2021 vintage: “2021 has been an amazing vintage for Barolo region, despite our vineyards had to bear a hard frost event on April 7th, when our lower plot of Rocche dell’Annunziata and the whole parcel within Torriglione vineyard were badly bitten. Besides this event, the vintage has been one of the driest of last decades, but the huge amount of snow and rainfalls during winter allowed the vines to be healthy throughout the whole season, without suffering the successive drought at all. The result was an amazing quality of the crop in the parcels not affected by the frost, with very healthy fruit, although a bit lower in quantity. In fact, the lack of water brought to a smaller dimensions of the berries, thus supporting a bigger extraction during the vinifications and wines with great colors and density.”
“2021 Barbera d’Alba shows the characteristics of an amazing and rather dry vintage. The high percentage of skins with respect to juice resulted in a very concentrated fruit profile, softened by our decision to add circa 30% of stems during the vinification. This allowed us to reduce a bit the (already high) alcohol level, to smoothen the acidity by slightly increasing the Ph and to add some lift to the wine. 2021 Barbera d’Alba is a classic Barbera from Trediberri, based on a fruity-immediate aromatics and an easy but fleshy drinking sip. Drink 2022-2038”
Gorgeous fragrance, cascading purity of fruit, balance and dangerously drinkable!
90 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous “The 2021 Barbera d’Alba is an explosion of blue/purplish fruit, lavender, spice and mocha. A healthy dollop of whole clusters (30%) adds an element of savoriness that takes a little getting used to, as it is not often seen in Barbera. Vinification and aging in cement yields a juicy Barbera in which the fruit is front and center.”
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