{"id":7882,"date":"2023-02-18T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T07:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=7882"},"modified":"2023-02-23T19:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T14:26:53","slug":"item_4_925","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_4_925\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandi Langhe 2023: MGAs of Barolo and Barbaresco"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7882\" class=\"elementor elementor-7882\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Posted: Saturday, 18 February 2023 13:45<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4aea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4aea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<u>If you Like this article, please click\n<iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 120px; height: 21px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?app_id=173955395995712&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwineguyindia&amp;send=false&amp;layout=button_count&amp;width=120&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=arial&amp;height=21\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/u>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9669605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9669605\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62f3ec\" data-id=\"b62f3ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e78f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e78f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-sm-12\"><h1 class=\"articlepagetitle_heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Grandi Langhe 2023: <\/span>MGAs of Barolo and Barbaresco<\/h1><div class=\"articlepageintroline\">Feb 18: As an Italian wine lover, you are familiar with the acronyms IGT, DOC and DOCG but a new acronym used to define soil and sites of their top-ended wines, Barbaresco and Barolo, Menzione Geografica Aggiuntiva since 2007 and 2010 respectively, would interest you even though it complicates the understanding of wines from these top DOCG Appellations of Italy, writes Subhash Arora who attended the Masterclass at Grandi Langhe 2023 in Torino and feels they may be only of academic interest to most connoisseurs in India but highlight the passion of winemakers and importance of soil in the complexity of flavours and bouquets of these wines<\/div><div class=\"articledata\"><figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 171px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7885 size-medium\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-171x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Sandro Minella presenting Masterclass at Grande Langhi\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-171x300.jpeg 171w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-582x1024.jpeg 582w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-768x1351.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19.jpeg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandro Minella presenting Masterclass at Grande Langhi<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The three most common wine-related acronyms any Italian wine lover would be familiar with are<strong> IGT-<\/strong>Indicazione Geografica Tipica<strong>, DOC and DOCG- <\/strong>Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita. They define the hierarchy of Italian wine Appellations (Piemonte does not have IGT wines). Rest are all Table wines!<\/p><p>A new term \u2018MGA\u2019 evolved in 2007 in Barbaresco and 2010 in Barolo to describe the vineyard and soil typicity giving different flavours and complexity. It may be displayed on the front labels of bottles but most wine drinkers- even those in the region might not yet be completely familiar with the significance of this acronym. It is doubtful whether wine lovers with any depth of knowledge in India and, in fact, most of the world outside Italy would be aware of full details. However, the Barolo\/ Barbaresco producers are pleased and proud as the MGAs micro-define the wine region and the diverse terroir in more depth. It is time to get familiar with this new acronym doing rounds specifically for Barolo and Barbaresco premium wines.<\/p><p><strong>MGA (Menzione Geografica Aggiuntiva)<\/strong> refers to a specific area officially defined within the production zone of Barolo or Barbaresco DOCG. Simply put, an MGA can be seen as the equivalent of the French terms <em>cru<\/em> or <em>climat<\/em>. Each area can be specific to a site or represent the whole comune like Serralunga d\u2019Alba or La Morra.<\/p><p><strong>MGAs of Barbaresco DOCG <\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7906 size-medium alignright\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/40-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"Barbaresco\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/40-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/40-600x532.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/40.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The studies and surveys were conducted for several years in order to define the MGAs. Barbaresco was ahead because it is a smaller appellation. Thus Barbaresco DOCG introduced them earlier in 2007 with a total of 66 MGAs. An earlier start perhaps is the reason why 95% of the producers use at least one MGA, with an average of 2 per winery. 53% of Barbaresco uses MGAs. Rabaja Bas is the smallest whereas Canova is the largest MGA.<\/p><p><strong>MGAs of Barolo DOCG<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7904 size-medium alignleft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Barolo\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>There are 170 officially recognized MGA in Barolo (plus an additional 11 comune MGAs). \u00a0Understandably, it is as complex a task as the wines in any Barolo zone and can be daunting. Each MGA refers specifically to a delineated place and is named within Barolo and codified since 2010.<\/p><p>The DOCG of Barolo consists of 11 approved villages: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d&#8217;Alba, Cherasco, Diano d&#8217;Alba, Grinzane Cavour, La Morra, Monforte d&#8217;Alba, Novello, Roddi and Verduno. Together, these five communities make up Barolo&#8217;s core villages. Novello and Verduno are gaining in prestige, while Grinzane Cavour, Diano d&#8217;Alba, Cherasco and Roddi, with their small production, are less important and are lesser-known villages. The five largest- La Morra, Serralunga d&#8217;Alba, Monforte d&#8217;Alba, Castiglione Falletto and Barolo are more relevant, especially in a country like India where Barolo and Barbaresco are viewed as brands that do not require much further details; the name and popularity of the producer and the marketing prowess of the importer are probably more important.<\/p><p>Half of the wineries have MGAs-each winery having an average of 2 MGAs with another 50% without any MGA. All 11 comunes (municipalities) of Barolo including Serralunga and La Morra (10%) use the Comunes as MGA. Listing the MGA on the label is optional.<\/p><p><strong>Geographic names (Origins)<\/strong><\/p><p>If you think MGAs are confusing, step back a little and think of names like Giacosa and Roggeri on the label. These are family name-based Origins. Some of the others are Baudana, Boschis, Roggeri, Ravera, Giacosa, Montersino, Rambone and Ronchi.<\/p><p>There are other geographic origins that are based on the site location-like when you see Cannubio, Rio Sordo and Boschetti in the labels. Boschetti, La Serra, Brumata, Torriglione, Cannubio, Rio Sordo, Casotto, Cascina, Trifolera and Montestefano are some such examples.<\/p><p>Of course, it gets confusing when they have Boschetti also as a producer\u2019s name, e.g. \u2018Azienda Agricola Cascina Boschetti Gomba Barolo\u2019 which is from Boschetti site; or Giovanni Sordo Barolo founded by Giuseppe Sordo Barolo DOCG<\/p><p>Barolo and Barbaresco continue to be quite challenging wines and confusing in terms of understanding the labels and MGA has not made it easier to comprehend them but with all the complexity offered in the region, the structure may be useful for many \u2018B\u2019 lovers. Of course, single vineyards maintain the status quo.<\/p><p>If you really want to have a clear understanding of the \u00a0MGAs, <strong>Sandro Minella<\/strong>, who conducted the Masterclass and is a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barolobarbarescoacademy.com\/en\/teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Academic Staff<\/span><\/a>, recommends us to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barolobarbarescoacademy.com\/en\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Barolo and Barbaresco Wine Academy<\/span><\/a> where you will find more details. You may also write to <a href=\"mailto:info@barolobarbarescoacademy.com\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">info@barolobarbarescoacademy.com<\/span><\/a> for details. You can take detailed courses of Level I and Level 2 and even become a Brand Ambassador for the Langhe wines that include Barolo and Barbaresco.<\/p><p><strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong><\/p><\/div><div class=\"articledata\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Saturday, 18 February 2023 13:45 If you Like this article, please click Grandi Langhe 2023: MGAs of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,81],"tags":[180,176,179],"class_list":["post-7882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-headlines","category-wine-food-feature","tag-barbaresco","tag-grandi-langhe-2023","tag-mgas-of-barolo"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1.jpeg",803,441,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1-300x165.jpeg",300,165,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1-768x422.jpeg",640,352,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1.jpeg",640,351,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1.jpeg",803,441,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1.jpeg",803,441,false],"slider-bg":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1.jpeg",803,441,false],"card-grid":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1-600x441.jpeg",600,441,true],"card-list":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1-600x441.jpeg",600,441,true],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1.jpeg",803,441,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1.jpeg",803,441,false],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-18-at-01.25.19-1-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/wine-food-feature\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wine &amp; Food Feature<\/a>","tag_info":"Wine &amp; Food Feature","comment_count":"1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7882"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8020,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882\/revisions\/8020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}