Nebbiolo is a delicate grape which is hard to cultivate. It ripens slowly, into November, and is often harvested in the autumn fog.
With this in mind, it seems that the name Nebbiolo comes from the mists that surround the hills of the Langhe (nebbia being the Italian word for fog). Another theory is that Nebbiolo comes from the characteristic bloom that covers the grapes with an opalescent patina that resembles fog. A grape that has always been cultivated at Agricola Marrone, in the Nebbiolo d’Alba variant, it grows at the family’s farm in Madonna di Como, in south-east facing vineyards, planted by grandfather Carlo in 1968.
