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The power of a warm vintage and the muscle power of Arione overlap in this special bottle and will carry this wine over extended aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner November 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810741043580,"sku":"2090171N-FLASKE","price":220.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810741076348,"sku":"2090171N-KASSE6","price":1320.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/ArioneBarolo.png?v=1759169335"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-arione-barolo-2017-mg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Arione Barolo 2017 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Giacomo Conterno 2017 Barolo Arione is my favorite in a mini vertical from this cru site in Serralunga d'Alba. I prefer the 2017 to the classic 2016 and the wine's inaugural vintage, the 2015. What this vintage has is an ample and generous sense of fullness and stature. These results are impressive, and even imposing to an extent. This is a statement wine that proudly submits multiple layers of black fruit, blackcurrant, cast iron, earth, licorice root and cola. The supportive tannins are well played against the wine's rich texture, natural structure and fruit concentration. 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However, the wine shows a distinct personality that is immediately gentle and open-knit despite its very young age. With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, there is ethereal softness here, but this characterization is relative considering the ample power and depth always associated with this site. It feels like this 2018 vintage is still warming up and is slowly putting on volume and weight. Its metamorphosis is far from complete. 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However, the wine shows a distinct personality that is immediately gentle and open-knit despite its very young age. With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, there is ethereal softness here, but this characterization is relative considering the ample power and depth always associated with this site. It feels like this 2018 vintage is still warming up and is slowly putting on volume and weight. Its metamorphosis is far from complete. 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The Nebbiolo d'Alba emerges from a tiny parcel in Arione that is just outside the Barolo appellation. In 2015, Conterno made a magical wine for charity from this site, then ripped out the vines after harvest. The 2019 is the first wine from the young vines, and it is stellar. Bright saline notes, vibrant acids and hints of spice, orange peel and mint run through a core of Nebbiolo fruit. The aromatics alone are mesmerizing, but everything about the 2019 speaks to class. A kick of tannins on the finish rounds things out in a captivating wine that is pure Barolo in everything but name. 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To the nose, this Barbera d'Alba imparts wild cherry, plum, spice, tarry smoke, dried mint and sweet apricot. Warm earthy notes frame that core of lively fruit. The Cerretta site in Serralunga d'Alba has more clay in the soils, which produces the extra power displayed by this wine. 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Each of these wines is purely distinctive on its own, with 2018 showing structural power to the palate, 2017 offering high notes of red and purple fruits to the nose, and this 2016 showing an underlying radiance and brilliance that marries the intensity of the bouquet and the mouthfeel. The wine starts off a bit rigid and nervous, but that initial shyness is normal in the progression of a young Barolo from Cerretta in Serralunga d'Alba, especially at this five-year mark in its evolution. It opens gradually but completely to reveal wild berry fruit, blackcurrants, rusty nail and blood orange. 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Ultimately however, I found the 2017 Barolo Cerretta to be very much identified by its birth year. The wine offers a long interlude of intense brightness with sweet cherry, fragolino and wild rose, which soften any angular or hard edges put forth by the Nebbiolo grape. This 2017 vintage is exceedingly smooth and silky in character with a pliant or yielding quality that should serve it nicely as the wine completes its aging trajectory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner November 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810739569020,"sku":"2089171N-FLASKE","price":225.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810739601788,"sku":"2089171N-KASSE6","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/CERRETTA.png?v=1755444100"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-cerretta-barolo-2017-dbmg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2017 DBMG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThanks to altitude and heavier soils, Cerretta performs well in hot vintages, such as 2017, 2015 and 2011. The vines (planted a quarter century ago) sit at about 400 meters in elevation and water moisture is absorbed by the clay of Serralunga d'Alba. These conditions help to shape the wine's important tannins and elegant structure. Ultimately however, I found the 2017 Barolo Cerretta to be very much identified by its birth year. The wine offers a long interlude of intense brightness with sweet cherry, fragolino and wild rose, which soften any angular or hard edges put forth by the Nebbiolo grape. 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Ultimately however, I found the 2017 Barolo Cerretta to be very much identified by its birth year. The wine offers a long interlude of intense brightness with sweet cherry, fragolino and wild rose, which soften any angular or hard edges put forth by the Nebbiolo grape. This 2017 vintage is exceedingly smooth and silky in character with a pliant or yielding quality that should serve it nicely as the wine completes its aging trajectory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner November 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810739437948,"sku":"2089172N-FLASKE","price":500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/CERRETTA.png?v=1755444100"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-cerretta-barolo-2018","title":"Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eTasted from barrel, the Giacomo Conterno 2018 Barolo Cerretta is shaping up to be a beauty. 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The wine can be characterized as exceptionally direct and frank, and these qualities are especially well executed in this classic vintage. Barbera is cultivated at the top and the lower parts of the Francia vineyard, and this wine carries slightly more fruit weight and structure compared to the Cerretta. Francia also ends with distinctly mineral or graphite-like notes with iron or rust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner November 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810739044732,"sku":"2064191N-FLASKE","price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810739077500,"sku":"2064191N-KASSE6","price":375.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FranciaBarberad_Alba_6fa998d5-eea2-4666-bf5f-609011a718ab.png?v=1759170121"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-francia-barbera-d-alba-2020","title":"Giacomo Conterno Francia Barbera d’Alba 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Francia is fabulous. Rich and expansive, with tremendous presence, the 2020 is positively stellar. Super-ripe dark cherry, lavender, spice and pomegranate all gain volume and intensity with time in the glass. The 2020 is one of the finest recent editions of the Francia Barbera I can remember tasting. Today, it's explosive, heady personality is impossible to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Antonio Galloni November 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738979196,"sku":"2064201N-FLASKE","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810739011964,"sku":"2064201N-KASSE6","price":360.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FranciaBarberad_Alba_941d802c-71f0-4ab7-b313-7d340103f91c.png?v=1759170096"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-francia-barolo-2017","title":"Giacomo Conterno Francia Barolo 2017","description":"\u003cp\u003eI tasted the Giacomo Conterno 2017 Barolo Francia shortly before bottling. Like Roberto Conterno's other wines from this controversial vintage, this wine shines with brilliant and unexpected purity and intensity that is harder to find in its peers. It shows a deep understanding of the potential of a warm growing season, and the Nebbiolo is supple, velvety and uncharacteristically exuberant (for a grape whose elegance starts famously with understatement). Francia in Serralunga d'Alba evokes power and profound depth, with black and purple fruit highlights, rusty nail, crème de cassis, grilled rosemary and reddish rock or baked terracotta. The wine carries its considerable fruit weight with grace, and at the end of the day, it offers a complete portrait of vintage, variety and vintner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner November 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738880892,"sku":"2092171N-FLASKE","price":225.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810738913660,"sku":"2092171N-KASSE6","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FRANCIA_20BAROLO.png?v=1755444087"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-francia-barolo-2017-dbmg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Francia Barolo 2017 DBMG","description":"\u003cp\u003eI tasted the Giacomo Conterno 2017 Barolo Francia shortly before bottling. Like Roberto Conterno's other wines from this controversial vintage, this wine shines with brilliant and unexpected purity and intensity that is harder to find in its peers. It shows a deep understanding of the potential of a warm growing season, and the Nebbiolo is supple, velvety and uncharacteristically exuberant (for a grape whose elegance starts famously with understatement). Francia in Serralunga d'Alba evokes power and profound depth, with black and purple fruit highlights, rusty nail, crème de cassis, grilled rosemary and reddish rock or baked terracotta. The wine carries its considerable fruit weight with grace, and at the end of the day, it offers a complete portrait of vintage, variety and vintner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner November 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738815356,"sku":"2092173N-FLASKE","price":1020.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FRANCIA_20BAROLO.png?v=1755444087"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-francia-barolo-2017-mg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Francia Barolo 2017 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eI tasted the Giacomo Conterno 2017 Barolo Francia shortly before bottling. Like Roberto Conterno's other wines from this controversial vintage, this wine shines with brilliant and unexpected purity and intensity that is harder to find in its peers. 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It was closed back then (no surprise since I tasted it as an unfinished sample), but with the distance of time, the wine has blossomed to show blackcurrant, cassis, aniseed, blue flower and pencil shaving. The Francia is known for its magical combination of power and nuance, both delivered with seamless intensity. This vintage offers a savory component with hints of toasted spice or spent ember. 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The Francia is known for its magical combination of power and nuance, both delivered with seamless intensity. This vintage offers a savory component with hints of toasted spice or spent ember. The tannins are fine and polished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner April 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738487676,"sku":"2092183N-FLASKE","price":1010.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FRANCIA_20BAROLO.png?v=1755444087"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-francia-barolo-2018-mg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Francia Barolo 2018 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Giacomo Conterno 2018 Barolo Francia has opened beautifully since I last tasted this wine at the winery two years ago. It was closed back then (no surprise since I tasted it as an unfinished sample), but with the distance of time, the wine has blossomed to show blackcurrant, cassis, aniseed, blue flower and pencil shaving. The Francia is known for its magical combination of power and nuance, both delivered with seamless intensity. This vintage offers a savory component with hints of toasted spice or spent ember. The tannins are fine and polished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner April 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738422140,"sku":"2092182N-FLASKE","price":475.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FRANCIA_20BAROLO.png?v=1755444087"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-riserva-monfortino-barolo-2001-mg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Riserva Monfortino Barolo 2001 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eConterno’s 2001 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a towering, gigantic wine. Layers of sweet perfumed fruit flow across the palate in this gracious, refined yet powerful Monfortino. Hints of sweet red berries, roses, licorice and spices wrap around the deeply resonant finish. This is another wine that begs for patience. Today it is an infant. Anticipated maturity: 2021-2041. Readers fortunate enough to own Conterno’s 2001s would do well to forget about the wines for a good 5-10 years. These are some of the most backward, Barolis of the vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Antonio Galloni April 2012\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738356604,"sku":"2091012B-FLASKE","price":2875.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810738389372,"sku":"2091012B-KASSE6","price":17250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/RiservaMonfortinoBarolo.png?v=1759168342"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-riserva-monfortino-barolo-2002-dbmg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Riserva Monfortino Barolo 2002 DBMG","description":"\u003cp\u003eConterno’s 2002 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a legend in the making, or now that it is in bottle, it may be more correct to simply say it is a legend. The late Giovanni Conterno and his son Roberto Conterno created quite a stir when they announced that they would make their Monfortino in 2002, a year in which most of the harvest in Piedmont was severely compromised by a cold summer and devastating hail in early September. But there was more. The Conternos not only announced that they would make their Monfortino in 2002 but no Barolo Cascina Francia for the first time ever in the estate’s history. In a bit of defiance towards the press, the Conternos then announced no one would be allowed to taste the wine from barrel. Over the years, this stance softened. Visitors lucky enough to visit the cellars and sample the wine from cask knew what was in store. Simply put, the 2002 Monfortino is stratospheric. A dark, imposing, but sensual wine, it flows from the glass with a breathtaking array of dried roses, autumn leaves, wild cherries, plums, new leather, espresso, licorice and spices, showing phenomenal depth, richness and balance. The tension between the luxuriousness of the fruit and the austerity of the vintage is truly captivating. I have tasted the 2002 Monfortino multiple times from barrel and bottle. At times it has reminded me of what I imagine the 1971 tasted like upon release, at other times it has seemed more similar to 1978. According to Giovanni Conterno, the 2002 reminded him of the 1971. Either way, the wine is extraordinary. The 2002 Monfortino is the result of the cold vintage that was typical of Piedmont up until the mid 1980s. In many ways, it is a throwback to wines that can’t be made anymore in Piedmont. Roberto Conterno thought so highly of the 2002 Monfortino he gave the wine an extra year in barrrel. And of course, there is one sad footnote. The world lost Giovanni Conterno to cancer in 2004, but he made sure his last Monfortino was at least equal, if not better, than his most monumental wines. There is little doubt the 2002 Monfortino will soon take its place as one of the greatest Monfortinos ever made. It is the most fitting last chapter to the life of one of the world’s greatest winemakers. As always, I suggest readers who have an interest in Monfortino taste the wine as soon as possible, as it will soon head into a period of dormancy, which in this vintage may last several decades. One of my favorite vintages for current drinking is the 1970, which still looks to have another 30 years of fine drinking ahead of it! 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Monfortino is never giving in the early going (except right after bottling), so it is not much of a surprise to see it going through and awkward stage. Readers will have to be especially patient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Antonio Galloni November 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738225532,"sku":"2091052B-FLASKE","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810738258300,"sku":"2091052B-KASSE6","price":13500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/RiservaMonfortinoBarolo_9836f9de-fefe-444f-aaad-153e1abd5fa2.png?v=1759168351"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-riserva-monfortino-barolo-2006-dbmg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Riserva Monfortino Barolo 2006 DBMG","description":"\u003cp\u003eTasted from botte number 45, the 2006 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is gorgeous. Roberto tells me, “Monfortino is not a drinking wine, it’s a chewing wine.” His comment makes perfect sense and offers incredible insight into the profound beauty beholden before us. You almost feel the crunch of the young tannin and the snap of its presence in the mouth. The bouquet is perfectly matched to the wine. Elegance and finesse add contrast to the wine’s sheer power and determination. Dried rose, licorice, tar, spice and tobacco show immense definition and focus. The 2006 vintage is noted for its extraordinary aging potential. Anticipated maturity: 2025-2045.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Monica Larner June 2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738159996,"sku":"2091063B-FLASKE","price":6400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/RiservaMonfortinoBarolo_f58e89c4-e8bc-4a8d-9901-69e18d070e37.png?v=1759168354"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-riserva-monfortino-barolo-2008-mg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Riserva Monfortino Barolo 2008 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2008 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is one of my favorite recent vintages. It is the product of an exceptionally long and cool growing year marked by a highly unusual cold snap at the very end of the season. Those conditions yielded a Monfortino that is pure silkiness and sensuality, with striking aromatic presence and exceptional balance. There is an exoticism to the 2008 that is impossible to miss, while the impression is of tannins that are virtually non-existent. The 2008 was such a complete wine right from the outset that Roberto Conterno decided to bottle it with six years in cask as opposed to the more typical seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Antonio Galloni January 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810738094460,"sku":"2091082B-FLASKE","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810738127228,"sku":"2091082B-KASSE6","price":13500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/RiservaMonfortinoBarolo_cacb7baf-5524-46a7-87bd-a9f9af118343.png?v=1759168359"},{"product_id":"conterno-giacomo-riserva-monfortino-barolo-2013-dbmg","title":"Giacomo Conterno Riserva Monfortino Barolo 2013 DBMG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2013 Barolo Riserva Monfortino picks up where the 1999 and 1996 leave off. Tannic and imposing, the 2013 is an austere young Monfortino for the cellar. Soaring aromatics and vibrant, palate-staining fruit are some of the signatures. Readers should expect a bold, large-framed Monfortino.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Antonio Galloni December 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810737963388,"sku":"2091133B-FLASKE","price":4375.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/RiservaMonfortinoBarolo_67764741-7843-4393-90db-8a146c4f63d6.png?v=1759168367"},{"product_id":"cerretta-barolo-2019-75-cl","title":"Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 Barolo Cerretta is stunning already, offering wonderful floral notes as well as pure red fruits and delicate, smoky incense. It is linear and persistent but remains elegant, with notable but refined tannins. 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Dynamic and vibrant to the core, the 2021 is seriously impressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"opacity-40 italic text-sm\"\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAntonio Galloni\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNovember 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810332590460,"sku":"2064211N-FLASKE","price":62.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810332623228,"sku":"2064211N-KASSE6","price":372.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FranciaBarberad_Alba_299d1451-1b89-46c5-92b5-e56549fbd732.png?v=1759170093"},{"product_id":"cerretta-barbera-dalba-2021-75-cl","title":"Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barbera d'Alba 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Cerretta is bright, focused and nervy. Blood orange, red cherry fruit, spice and mint all race across the palate. There's tremendous energy and tension running through the 2021. Vibrant saline notes round out the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"opacity-40 italic text-sm\"\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAntonio Galloni\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNovember 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810332492156,"sku":"2088211N-FLASKE","price":62.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810332524924,"sku":"2088211N-KASSE6","price":372.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/CerrettaBarberad_Alba_8a2bf85f-12d0-4f09-b811-54e3d4f94cb7.png?v=1759170436"},{"product_id":"arione-nebbiolo-dalba-2020-75-cl","title":"Giacomo Conterno Arione Nebbiolo d'Alba 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 Nebbiolo d'Alba Arione is bright, focused and tightly wound. There is a feeling of classic austerity (in a good way) that really drive the balance here. Bright red toned fruit, blood orange, chalk, mint, dried herbs and white pepper all race across the palate. This is Barolo in all but name. Time in the glass brings out the wine's inner sweetness and perfume. What a knock out. The Nebbiolo d'Alba is made from a small piece of Arione that lists just outside the Barolo production zone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"opacity-40 italic text-sm\"\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAntonio Galloni\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSeptember 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810289402236,"sku":"2090201N-FLASKE","price":137.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/6 Btl","offer_id":55810289435004,"sku":"2090201N-KASSE6","price":825.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/ArioneNebbiolod_Alba_feb16805-8015-4176-a2a3-809d4cdddf2e.png?v=1759168905"},{"product_id":"cerretta-barolo-2019-dbmg-3-l","title":"Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2019 DBMG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 Barolo Cerretta has shut down considerably since I last tasted it, but the elements are also more put together in that the wine is a harmonious whole rather than a combination of individual components. Dark red fruit, rose petal, orange peel, spice and dried herbs are beautifully sketched. I would not dream of touching a bottle anytime soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"opacity-40 italic text-sm\"\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAntonio Galloni\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNovember 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810289303932,"sku":"2089193N-FLASKE","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/CERRETTA.png?v=1755444100"},{"product_id":"cerretta-barolo-2019-mg-1-5-l","title":"Giacomo Conterno Cerretta Barolo 2019 MG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 Barolo Cerretta has shut down considerably since I last tasted it, but the elements are also more put together in that the wine is a harmonious whole rather than a combination of individual components. 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Dynamic and vibrant to the core, the 2021 is seriously impressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"opacity-40 italic text-sm\"\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAntonio Galloni\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNovember 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giacomo Conterno","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810289172860,"sku":"2064212N-FLASKE","price":130.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/FranciaBarberad_Alba_f43c14ea-34d0-4463-9669-a1e7bc9ac97b.png?v=1759170088"},{"product_id":"francia-barbera-d-alba-2022-75-cl","title":"Giacomo Conterno Francia Barbera d’Alba 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"333\" data-start=\"65\"\u003eBarbera does not mind a hot vintage, and from that we can extrapolate that this variety has the most latitude when it comes to climate change. 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