continues to oversee production
From the high elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains
roses—all the Barolo touchpoints
Botanicals include apples
this Barolo is entering its peak—fully resolved but still lively
Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Arione, 2020 SPAINTCOUNT0528 continues to oversee productionArione is located just south of Francia in Serralunga dAlba, with slightly deeper soils and more westerly exposure. Under Roberto Conternos meticulous guidance, this site yields Barolo that is darker, more compact, and deeply structuredoffering a slightly more brooding counterpart to the more linear, lifted Francia. The 2020 vintage brings classicism and poisefresh acidity, refined tannins, and beautifully balanced ripeness. In the glass, its all