Domenico Clerico Capisme-E Langhe Nebbiolo 2024
Light ruby-red in colour, this wine is an explosion of red fruit. Fresh strawberry and redcurrant dominate the palate, complemented by sweet candied notes and a hint of orange zest. The tannins are supple on the palate and the finish is creamy and long lasting.
“Capisme-e” means ‘Understand me!” in Piedmontese dialect and is a pure expression of Nebbiolo. The fruit for this wine could be a Barolo as it comes from a single vineyard in Monforte d'Alba, in MgA Bricco San Pietro. The soils are Sant’Agata Fossil Marl which is particular to the Barolo winegrowing region and comprised of fine, silty, and clayey sediments.
The grapes are handpicked and carefully selected upon arrival at the winery. This is followed by a short maceration on the skins (6-8 days) with gentle extraction and lower temperatures during fermentation, to maximize the aromatics and draw out only the most desirable tannins. The wine is then aged in stainless steel for nine months prior to bottling.
Domenico Clerico’s impact on Langhe winemaking has been significant and his legacy remarkable. Together with a small group of other producers, Domenico was part of the renaissance of Barolo and the Langhe during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He took these areas from relative obscurity to what they are today: a unique territory consistently producing some of the world's best wines.
As is often the case in Barolo, the Clerico family owned a farm with five hectares of vineyards and sold their grapes to local cooperatives. When Domenico and his wife Giuliana picked up the family business in 1976, he started to vinify and bottle the family grapes, taking inspiration from France with a strict focus on the vineyards and vinification techniques in the winery. In 1977 he purchased a small plot of land in the heart of Bussia, then expanded in Monforte d’Alba with the acquisition of a plot in the Ginestra vineyard in 1981, Pajana in 1990 and Mosconi in 1995. In 2006 he started farming a vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba from which he produced the Aeroplanservaj. Today, the company owns a total of 21 hectares of vineyards.
Following Domenico’s premature death in 2017 the estate is now owned by his wife Giuliana, who runs it with the support of winemaker and general manager Oscar Arrivabene.
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