| Producer | Olek Bondonio |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Subregion | Barbaresco |
| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1156847 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Tasting Notes: The Olek Bondonio Barbaresco Starderi is well balanced with dried herbs, sweet pipe tobacco and cherries all melding together beautifully. Sourced from a small parcel of forty year old vines planted in the Starderi cru that Olek is lucky enough to rent from an elderly couple who can no longer tend its steep slopes. This spent two months on skins before being pressed off to old botti for two years.The soils here are a little softer and the site a little less exposed than elsewhere in the region resulting in an incredibly expressive wine loaded with earthy red berry fruit and a beautiful acidity hinting at the long life ahead.
Estate History: Saying Barbaresco is in Olek Bondonio’s blood wouldn’t be too far from the truth. His ancestors have been in the Barbaresco area for centuries years and were instrumental in the creation of the Barbaresco region itself. In 1894, Olek’s great-great-great grandfather, Guglielmo Como, was one of the founding members of the Barbaresco Cantina Sociale, better known today as Produttori del Barbaresco. Olek grew up in Torino and spent summers at his familial home, La Berchialla, which has been in his family’s hands for over 200 years. Here he was introduced to vineyard work and winemaking. La Berchialla, though, is not your typical old Italian farmhouse. It’s blessed with an ideal location sitting at the top of the Roncagliette cru, one of Barbaresco’s top sites. Made famous by Olek’s next door neighbor, Angelo Gaja (who bottles the vineyard under the Sori Tildin name), Roncagliette is a steep, southwest-facing amphitheatre of vines. After a decorated career in snowboarding, Olek felt the pull of the vines and shifted his focus to wine. He spent time in Bordeaux, Australia, and New Zealand, before returning to take over La Berchialla and his family’s 3 hectares of old vines in Barbaresco.
