Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2009 SO021325 Champagne Bordeaux clay-rich soils that make Villero

clay-rich soils that make Villero Barolos some of Castiglione's most spiced

Charmes-Chambertin is the largest of the nine Gevrey Grands Crus — a wine of supple red fruit and silken texture rather than the structural muscle of Mazis or Chambertin itself

The structure is the whole trick: sweet on entry

Drink it neat

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2009 SO021325 Champagne Bordeaux clay-rich soils that make VilleroOne of Barolo's most singular wines from one of its most uncompromising houses: Pie Rupestris comes from Nebbiolo grafted onto Rupestris rootstock in the Otin Fiorin parcel of the Gabutti cru, Serralunga d'Alba, and is 100% Serralunga in character severe, authoritative, austere yet generous. Cappellano farms tiny quantities the old way, refusing scores and marketing on principle. The 2009 was a warm vintage and made the year Teobaldo Cappellano passed