Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2016 Size:Regular savory expressions

savory expressions

Subtle aromas of orange blossoms over a base of herbs

The wine opens with vivid tropical aromas of white flowers

Originating in Veracruz

Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2016 Size:Regular savory expressionsFew 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