giving it extra depth and complexity compared to the more linear Muscadets of the region
who trained at cult California cellars like Pax's Wind Gap and Arnot-Roberts before launching his own Sonoma label with partner Jenny
harvesting from limestone-rich slopes and vinifying traditionally with long macerations and aging in large Slavonian oak casks
but dry versions like this are a whole different beast: lean and smoky
Dense purple color gives way to red fruit and mocha aromas harmonizing with vanilla oak
Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2011 Winback Summer 2020 giving it extra depth andFrom one of Barolo's most uncompromising cult houses: Pie Rupestris is 100% Serralunga in character severe, authoritative, austere yet generous made from Nebbiolo on Rupestris rootstock in the Otin Fiorin parcel of the Gabutti cru, Serralunga d'Alba. Cappellano farms tiny quantities the old way and refuses scores and marketing on principle. The 2011 was a warmer, riper season that gave a more openly fruited, slightly earlier drinking Barolo than the