Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2016 Size:Regular which has been naturally grown

which has been naturally grown

nutmeg and all spice

Ultra-traditionalists in the cellar—they swear by large casks—they are blessed with top-class vineyards in Bussia

A small proportion (5%) of the blend spends three to four months in new oak barrels

This is followed by delicate notes of spices like sweet cinnamon and nutmeg

Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2016 Size:Regular which has been naturally grownFew estates in Italy are so closely identified with one piece of land as Giacomo Conterno. When Conterno purchased the monopole Cascina Francia in 1974 it was a wheat field, although vines had been planted there in the past. Given all of the change in Piedmont over the last thirty plus years, it is hard to a believe that Conterno didn't acquire another parcel after that until Cerretta in 2008. From Cerretta, Roberto Conterno produces both a Barbera