Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2009 burgundy_wines-template From a Grand Cru candidate

From a Grand Cru candidate vineyard—Les Suchots separates Echézeaux and Romanée-Saint-Vivant

The estate has bottled under its own name since 1918

Partial destemming

Think lemon curd

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2009 burgundy_wines-template From a Grand Cru candidateConterno's iconic Cascina Francia in a riper, generous vintage. This single vineyard Serralunga Barolo from clay limestone soils is made traditionally by Roberto Conterno, fermented on native yeasts with weeks of maceration and aged in large Slavonian casks. The 2009 was a warm, generous year producing more open, earlier maturing Barolos, and this one is drinking in a lush, welcoming window now. It delivers the depth and pedigree of one of Barolo's