- SIZE:
- 75cl
- ABV:
- 13%
Bright and finely drawn, with lemon peel, yellow apple and white peach leading into hazelnut, subtle spice and a faintly creamy texture. The fruit comes from cool, north-facing sites around Barbaresco, including Dave’s own vines, planted to Burgundian Chardonnay clones selected to retain acidity in the Langhe’s warmer conditions.
Whole-bunch pressed and naturally fermented in French oak, the wine spends around ten months on its lees, with roughly 30% new oak. There’s real weight through the middle, but it stays fresh and energetic, with a saline, mineral edge and beautifully restrained oak. Somewhere between Chablis and Puligny in style.
'I have a heavy addiction to Nebbiolo, and I live in Barbaresco where I’m completely surrounded by it.' - David Fletcher
David Fletcher is an Australian native who really REALLY loves Nebbiolo, and that obsession has happily blossomed into a similar appreciation for other Piedmontese varieties too. He started making wine right out of high school, even though he had no family connection to the industry, and no vineyards to inherit (as is often the way. For better or worse, there is a lot of nepotism in the wine industry). In 2006 he came across Nebbiolo in his native Australia, which lead him on a journey that culminated in moving to Italy in 2016 to pursue his great love.
Fletcher Wines was born in Barbaresco's old train station, and to this day David still crafts his wines there.
'I consider myself lucky to be making wines in the Langhe and even luckier that I have no legacy to follow. It's led to a freedom to play and deconstruct tradition, all in an attempt to start afresh without any boundaries. I'm on a constant search for great vineyards, and always trying to make wines that give a sense of passion and place.' - David Fletcher
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