2024 Alessandro Rivetto Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹

The Moment

Some Nebbiolos are built around softness.
Others are built around line.

The 2024 Alessandro Rivetto Langhe Nebbiolo feels like the kind of bottle that gives you the soul of Nebbiolo in a slightly more immediate, table-ready form — floral, structured, and clearly Piedmontese from the first pour. A wine with ruby red color and light brick-red highlights, an intense, persistent, and elegant nose that recalls dried flowers, raisin, and licorice, and a palate with fine, rich structure and good tannins.

This is 100% Nebbiolo from the best positions in Serralunga d’Alba, grown on clay-limestone soils from 30–35 year old Guyot-trained vines. That already points toward a wine with real shape, but the cellar work reinforces it: 10 days of maceration, followed by at least 12 months in oak barrels, then bottle rest in temperature-controlled rooms before release. It is not Barolo, but it clearly comes from the same family — a wine with structure, perfume, and purpose.

What It Feels Like

Think pasta with ragù, roasted meat on the table, and a bottle that makes dinner feel just a little more formal in the best way.

What makes this wine work is that it keeps Nebbiolo’s defining traits intact while staying more approachable than the grander appellations. The dried flowers and licorice bring that unmistakable varietal perfume, while the fine, rich structure and good tannins give it a little grip and seriousness. A wine for customers who want the elegance and savory depth of Nebbiolo without necessarily stepping all the way into Barolo pricing or ritual. 

In the Glass

Aromatics
Dried flowers, raisin, and licorice, with an intense and elegant Nebbiolo profile.

Palate
Fine and richly structured, with good tannins and a classic savory frame.

Texture
Firm but polished, with enough grip to feel serious and enough balance to stay very drinkable. 

Finish
Long, dry, and lifted, with floral and licorice notes carrying through the close. 

Why We Love This Bottle

A Very Clear Expression Of Nebbiolo
Dried flowers, licorice, fine structure, and tannin is a great shorthand for what makes Nebbiolo so distinctive, and this wine sounds very true to that identity.

Serralunga Fruit Gives It Extra Shape
Because the fruit comes from the best positions in Serralunga d’Alba, this feels like Langhe Nebbiolo with a little extra backbone and seriousness. 

A Great Step Into The Barolo Family
This has enough tannin, perfume, and oak aging to satisfy Nebbiolo lovers, but should still be easier to approach than a full Barolo. 

Pair It With

• Roasted meat
• Game
• Aged cheeses
• Mushroom risotto
• Pasta with ragù

Technical Notes

Producer: Alessandro Rivetto
Wine: Langhe Nebbiolo DOC
Region: Piedmont, Italy
City: Serralunga d’Alba
Grape: 100% Nebbiolo
Soil: Clay-Limestone

Vineyard Notes:
Fruit comes from the best positions in Serralunga d’Alba. Vines are Guyot-trained, approximately 30–35 years old, and yield an average of 3.74 tons per acre.

Winemaking:
Harvest usually takes place in October. The grapes are collected in small baskets, pressed, and destemmed, then placed in temperature-controlled vats for 10 days of maceration with frequent punchdowns. After malolactic fermentation, the wine ages in oak barrels for at least 12 months, then rests in temperature-controlled rooms after bottling.

Body: Medium
Structure: Fine tannins · rich structure · floral-savory finish

Flavor Profile
Dried Flowers · Raisin · Licorice · Savory Earth

Serving Temperature
65°F

Drink Window
Now–2030