Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2011 win back winter 2020 the wine is aged around

the wine is aged around four years on its lees and disgorged with zero dosage

and prepare to nerd out

with minimal stirring and low sulfur throughout

Best served slightly chilled

orange marmalade

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2011 win back winter 2020 the wine is aged aroundLike its sibling Pi Rupestris, this wine comes from ungrafted Nebbiolo vinesamong the rarest in existence. "Pi Franco" (literally "free foot") denotes vines growing on their own roots, a viticultural rarity since phylloxera's 19th century devastation. Cappellano's sandy Serralunga soils allowed these vines to survive. The estate's traditional approachlong maceration, large oak, patienceproduces wines of haunting complexity. The 2011 vintage was warm