Antoniolo Gattinara Osso San Grato 2009

The 2009 Antoniolo Gattinara “Osso San Grato” is a wine that commands respect, not through sheer power, but through an incredible, haunting complexity that only aged Nebbiolo from these volcanic soils can achieve.

The Antoniolo family has been the standard-bearer for Gattinara for decades. While the rest of the world was focused on the Langhe, the Antoniolos were quietly proving that the mineral-rich, porphyry soils of the north could produce wines of equal—and sometimes superior—finesse.

2009 was a warm vintage, which in the cooler reaches of Gattinara, was a blessing. It provided a lushness and a depth of fruit that balances the naturally high acidity of the region. Now, with over a decade of bottle age, the wine has shed its youthful austerity and entered a glorious drinking window.

This is a wine for the patient collector, the acid-freak, and anyone who wants to understand why Gattinara is one of the most exciting undiscovered regions in Italy.