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Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Monfortino Riserva, 2008 | Perfect Bottle (1x75cl)
THE PRODUCER Giacomo took over his family’s business, based in Barolo commune Monforte d’Alba, in the 1920s, and years later, in the early 1960s, passed the reins to his sons, Giovanni and Aldo. The brothers went their separate ways in 1969. Giovanni kept the family’s Giacomo Conterno estate and continued his father’s tradition of purchasing the finest grapes and making solidly traditional Barolos, which included very long maceration periods in order to extract complexity and a strong tannic backbone in the wines, and many years ageing in large neutral oak casks. In 1974, Giovanni acquired the Cascina Francia vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba. When Giovanni passed away in 2004, his son Roberto took over, and while having continued his father and grandfather’s traditional approaches, he has also introduced a few slightly more modern ways, including wooden vats for fermentation and large Austrian casks which he use alongside the traditional Slavonian casks for ageing the wines. The two key wines from this estate are Barolo Riserva ‘Monfortino’ and Barolo ‘Cascina Francia’. THE WINE The cult wine that is Conterno’s Monfortino is made from fruit sourced from a selection of the best parcels in the family’s Francia vineyard. Only around 600 cases are produced each vintage and Monfortino is only produced in the finest years. Inarguably the most perfect expression of Nebbiolo, Monfortino ages for around 6-8 years in neutral oak barrels and is a richly powerful and structured wine with an almost ethereal complexity and balance. While regarded as one of the finest Barolos, and indeed Italian wines, its price often exceeds £1,000 a bottle. INFORMATION Type:RedVintage:2008Country:ItalyRegion:Piedmont Sub region:BaroloGrape:100% Nebbiolo Style:Savory and ClassicSweetness:DryABV:14%Drinking window:2028 - 2048Size: 750mlFood match:Lamb CRITICS SCORES We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines)of which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores. As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.
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