Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2006 cote-to-cote-club and has spent four decades

and has spent four decades perfecting the textural complexity that Friuli's marl and sandstone soils (located 20 kilometers from the sea) impart to white wine

real mineral cut: it drinks like fine Blanc de Blancs Champagne without asking for a special occasion

A tiny 1er Cru from a former quarry

Fabio describes Acclivi as the old concept of Barolo Riserva — a selection and blend designed to best represent the vintage rather than a single site

This is Champagne for people who read soil maps

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2006 cote-to-cote-club and has spent four decadesNineteen years on, this is classical traditional Barolo drinking deep into its window. Cascina Francia is the legendary 16 hectare estate in Serralunga d'Alba that Giovanni Conterno purchased in 1974 a single contiguous parcel that became the foundation of modern Giacomo Conterno. Today the estate is run by Roberto Conterno, who took the helm following his father's death in 2004 and has carried the family's purist traditional approach forward without