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Poderi Colla
Piedmont • Italy
Introduction
Podere Colla has been growing grapes in the Piedmont region since the 1700s, but it wouldn't be surprising if you haven't heard of them. Only having recently begun producing their own wines, their Patriarch Beppe Colla made wines at the Bonardi and Prunotto wineries from the 1950s through the 1990s--becoming an absolute legend in Piedmont.
“Stylistically the wines are unique, a combination of traditional winemaking but with a focus and purpose.”
Beppe was a pioneer in Piedmont and strongly supported the idea of single vineyard bottlings, producing a 1961 Prunotto Bussia single vineyard bottling decades earlier than many of his peers considered single Cru expressions. Poderi Colla today is run by Beppe’s younger brother, Tino, and Beppe’s daughter, Frederica. Beppe was actively involved in the winemaking at Poderi Colla until he passed in 2019.
Bussia Cru
The estate’s crown jewel is their Bussia Dardi Le Rose vineyards, a parcel within the Bussia Cru that Beppe thought far outperformed everything else. He purchased it when he sold Prunotto, knowing that it was the perfect site for the kind of Barolo he wanted to produce. It didn’t hurt that it was also the base site within Bussia that he used to make that legendary 1961 bottling.
The fermentations here are relatively short by traditional Piedmontese standards, lasting only two to three weeks rather than the more common two months. The wines are aged in large neutral barrels–but only for the amount required by law–before being moved to bottle prior to release. These wines have a remarkable drinkability, even in their youth, a trait that is atypical for traditional Piedmontese wines. They also produce a wonderful Barbaresco, Nebbiolo d’Alba and Barbera d’Alba that are not to be missed.
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