1970 Barolo

Wine Details
Place of Origin

Italy

Serralunga D'alba

Piedmont

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Nebbiolo

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2019 - 2024

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Both of these wines were made by Giovanni Conterno in the days before the family owned Cascina Francia and speak to another era, a time not that long ago when Piedmont was a starkly poor region. Wines from a vintage usually took many years to sell. Barolo was known only to a handful of passionate consumers, and families made do with the bare minimum. Nineteen-seventy has long lived in the shadows of 1971, but the best wines from the older vintage are spectacular, and in many ways, more classically austere than the 1971s, a year in which hot weather (for the time) yielded Barolos that are still marked by their intense concentration.

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This wine was tasted over dinner at La Rei and was featured in Wine & Food, June 2013.

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This wine was tasted over dinner at Ristorante La Rei and was featured in Wine & Food, June 2013.

Importer Details
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