“How much is my Barolo 1959 worth?”

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Blick reader Hanspeter Mangold’s more than 60-year-old Barolo bottles come from the Gattinara region in northern Piedmont, where slightly cooler temperatures lead to greater acidity and a slimmer body. Nebbiolo, a grape variety that should be used for red wine at a rate of at least 90 percent, is grown here on a 93-hectare vineyard area.

Uva Rara and Vespolina are two other local grape varieties that can be added to Nebbiolo. The vineyards in Gattinara stretch between 250 and 550 meters above sea level. Local wine law states that red wine must be stored for a minimum of 35 months, with 24 months in wooden barrels before being put on the market. In the case of Riserva wines, these stipulated minimum storage times are even longer.

A bottle of Barolo 1959 is very valuable

Well-preserved bottles of Barolos, matured over decades, often display a pale garnet red in the glass and emit subtle aromas of dried flowers and red cherries, truffles, other forest mushrooms, earth and dried figs. A little rough when young, tannins are much more pliable after being in the bottle this long.

Unlike other wine regions in Europe, 1959 unfortunately wasn’t a very good harvest in Barolo. The winery that filled the bottles of Blick reader Hanspeter Mangold no longer exists either. The market value of such bottles depends largely on the willingness to pay of very old wine lovers and should be between 50 and 100 francs per bottle at online auctions.

Source : Blick