Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2012 so020224 new italy arrivals offer in the ripe 2015 vintage

in the ripe 2015 vintage

a wine that balances power with grace

5-hectare parcel on fossil-rich limestone at 408m altitude with old vines

now run by the next generation

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2012 so020224 new italy arrivals offer in the ripe 2015 vintageThere is no Barolo quite like Cappellano's Pie Franco. The late, iconoclastic Teobaldo Cappellano planted Nebbiolo on its own ungrafted roots ("pie franco") in the Gabutti section of the Otin Fiorin vineyard in Serralunga d'Alba, going against everything conventional wisdom said about phylloxera. The wine, made traditionally with native yeasts and long aging in old botti, is one of the most coveted in Piedmont. The 2012 is a classic, balanced