Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2012 so020224 new italy arrivals offer a wine that balances power

a wine that balances power with grace

now run by the next generation

well above the Grand Crus

5-hectare parcel on fossil-rich limestone at 408m altitude with old vines

The blend—80% Merlot

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2012 so020224 new italy arrivals offer a wine that balances powerThere is no Barolo quite like Cappellano's Pie Franco. The late, iconoclastic Teobaldo Cappellano planted Nebbiolo on its own ungrafted roots ("pie franco") in the Gabutti section of the Otin Fiorin vineyard in Serralunga d'Alba, going against everything conventional wisdom said about phylloxera. The wine, made traditionally with native yeasts and long aging in old botti, is one of the most coveted in Piedmont. The 2012 is a classic, balanced