Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2010
The unicorn of all Barolo unicorns: Pie Franco is bottled only in vintages the family deems worthy, from ungrafted, own-rooted Nebbiolo (Michet clone) that the late Teobaldo Cappellano planted in 1989 in the Otin Fiorin parcel of the Gabutti cru, Serralunga d'Alba. "Franco" means the vines grow on their own European rootstock rather than grafted American stock - an obsessive, almost extinct way of farming Nebbiolo, and the source of this wine's near-mythical status. Cappellano is one of Barolo's great traditional houses, fiercely anti-marketing and tiny in production. The 2010 is a benchmark, classically structured vintage built for the very long haul; give it years, and savor the rarity.
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The unicorn of all Barolo unicorns: Pie Franco is bottled only in vintages the family deems worthy, from ungrafted, own-rooted Nebbiolo (Michet clone) that the late Teobaldo Cappellano planted in 1989 in the Otin Fiorin parcel of the Gabutti cru, Serralunga d'Alba. "Franco" means the vines grow on their own European rootstock rather than grafted American stock - an obsessive, almost extinct way of farming Nebbiolo, and the source of this wine's near-mythical status. Cappellano is one of Barolo's great traditional houses, fiercely anti-marketing and tiny in production. The 2010 is a benchmark, classically structured vintage built for the very long haul; give it years, and savor the rarity.
