Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2014 vintage-favorites almost entirely Merlot from the

almost entirely Merlot from the estate's cooler

Expect ripe pear

Pure Sangiovese

It's naturally fermented with native yeasts and aged briefly in large Slavonian oak

Beta is the project of winemaker Ketan Mody

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2014 vintage-favorites almost entirely Merlot from theThere 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, against all conventional wisdom about phylloxera; today his son Augusto carries the work forward. Made traditionally with native yeasts and long aging in old botti, it's one of Piedmont's most coveted bottles. The 2014, from