Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2010 NET earthy backbone

earthy backbone

The palate is silky and clean

made from Malbec grown on the lighter gravel-and-alluvial terraces above the Lot River in southwest France

and a pronounced chalky minerality

Pascal Bouchard is a historic Chablis house with roots in the early 20th century when Cleophas Tremblay began building vineyards in the region

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2010 NET earthy backboneTraditional Barolo from vines planted in the 1940s on Vitis Rupestris rootstockthe conventional post phylloxera approach, contrasting with the estate's famous ungrafted Pi Franco bottling. From the Gabutti cru on western slopes at 300 meters in Serralunga d'Alba. Fifth generation Augusto Cappellano maintains the family philosophy established since 1870: indigenous yeasts, extended fermentation, aging in large seasoned botti, limited sulfur, no