Cappellano, Barolo Otin Fiorin - Pie Franco, 2007
Pie Franco—"free foot" in Piedmontese—refers to ungrafted vines, and this Barolo may be the closest thing to a time machine in a bottle. In 1989, the iconoclastic Teobaldo Cappellano planted Nebbiolo Michet on its own roots in the Gabutti cru of Serralunga d'Alba, defying conventional wisdom that phylloxera would destroy them. The vines survived and thrived, producing a wine of ethereal delicacy unlike any other Barolo—a glimpse of what Nebbiolo tasted like before the phylloxera crisis reshaped European viticulture. Teobaldo, who passed away in 2009, was a fierce traditionalist: native-yeast fermentation, minimum three years in large Slavonian oak botti, no barriques, no enzymes. The 2007 vintage—one of Piedmont's warmest springs on record, balanced by cooler harvest weather and a drought that concentrated flavors—yielded a wine of remarkable approachability and refined structure. His son Augusto continues the legacy. Fewer than eight hundred cases produced annually across the entire estate.
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Cappellano, Barolo Otin Fiorin - Pie Franco, 2007
Cappellano, Barolo Otin Fiorin - Pie Franco, 2007
Pie Franco—"free foot" in Piedmontese—refers to ungrafted vines, and this Barolo may be the closest thing to a time machine in a bottle. In 1989, the iconoclastic Teobaldo Cappellano planted Nebbiolo Michet on its own roots in the Gabutti cru of Serralunga d'Alba, defying conventional wisdom that phylloxera would destroy them. The vines survived and thrived, producing a wine of ethereal delicacy unlike any other Barolo—a glimpse of what Nebbiolo tasted like before the phylloxera crisis reshaped European viticulture. Teobaldo, who passed away in 2009, was a fierce traditionalist: native-yeast fermentation, minimum three years in large Slavonian oak botti, no barriques, no enzymes. The 2007 vintage—one of Piedmont's warmest springs on record, balanced by cooler harvest weather and a drought that concentrated flavors—yielded a wine of remarkable approachability and refined structure. His son Augusto continues the legacy. Fewer than eight hundred cases produced annually across the entire estate.
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Pie Franco—"free foot" in Piedmontese—refers to ungrafted vines, and this Barolo may be the closest thing to a time machine in a bottle. In 1989, the iconoclastic Teobaldo Cappellano planted Nebbiolo Michet on its own roots in the Gabutti cru of Serralunga d'Alba, defying conventional wisdom that phylloxera would destroy them. The vines survived and thrived, producing a wine of ethereal delicacy unlike any other Barolo—a glimpse of what Nebbiolo tasted like before the phylloxera crisis reshaped European viticulture. Teobaldo, who passed away in 2009, was a fierce traditionalist: native-yeast fermentation, minimum three years in large Slavonian oak botti, no barriques, no enzymes. The 2007 vintage—one of Piedmont's warmest springs on record, balanced by cooler harvest weather and a drought that concentrated flavors—yielded a wine of remarkable approachability and refined structure. His son Augusto continues the legacy. Fewer than eight hundred cases produced annually across the entire estate.
