Barolo 2015 from Orlando Pecchenino will not be offered for sale on the market

Judgment Asti - Barolo 2015 from Orlando Pecchenino is NOT on the market

21 Jan 2018 - The verdict was passed by the court of Asti and is not exactly tender. Four months imprisonment with postponement due to attempted fraud and spreading false information for the owners of the cantina, Orlando Pecchenino and his brother Attilio. More than exaggerated for the facts ... A story.

Knife in the back of Orlando Pecchenino as producer or as president of Consorzio Barolo?

Recently, Orlando Pecchenino, wine producer from Dogliani, has been appointed president of the "Consorzio Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe and Dogliani". The question is asked in the local wine circles if what is being played off was not started by someone who is not doing so well with the man in person or with the cantina.

At a check by the Nas (authority that carefully checks all the steps in the cantina), Orlando has been sanctioned for the cantina in Dogliani where wine production took place from Nebbiolo destined for Barolo 2015.

Just as Disciplinare del Barolo (which contains the conditions for Barolo production) imposes, Barolo can only go into production in the 11 Barolo municipalities and Dogliani does not belong there. A complaint was filed with a police commissioner and the document was provided with numerous signatures. So an official accusation proposition.

In Italy, this infringement is considered to be very serious. Fermentation and aging of the Barolo must always take place in the original zone of production. Now it is true that Orlando bought vineyards in Monforte d'Alba very long ago and also has an extra cantina on site. So it is groping in the darkness why this Barolo 2015 was in Dogliani instead of in Monforte d'Alba.

In the past, other Presidents of the Consorzio have also had unannounced inspections. The question remains whether the fact that Barolo was found in the Cantina in Dogliani is a fault of the owners of the cantina or of a staff member. The moment the check was carried out, one was in full harvest, so under stress. Very well possible that an administrative mistake has been made;

Bargain expected for Barolo lovers

What now with the Barolo 2015 from Orlando Pecchenino? Perhaps it will be downgraded and sold as another typology. The quality of the wine, the integrity of the wine estate is not up for discussion. Except that this offers an economically bad result, it is only one Barolo less for the wine lovers.

This article is a short overview of the news report of wine journalist Giancarlo Montaldo, who is responsible for educational wine walk that we realize with lovers of Barolo & Barbaresco through our travel programs.