Cappellano, Barolo Otin Fiorin - Pie Franco, 1999 CHAMPCOUNT0525 with just a faint hint

with just a faint hint of lemon

and a hint of mint

provides this wine with a ripe and generous fruit profile while preserving freshness and structure

The oak is present but beautifully integrated

Cappellano, Barolo Otin Fiorin - Pie Franco, 1999 CHAMPCOUNT0525 with just a faint hintThe Otin Fiorin Pie Franco bottling is one of the most iconicand elusivewines in Barolo. Made by the late Teobaldo Cappellano (and now his son Augusto), it comes from a tiny parcel of ungrafted Nebbiolo vines planted in the Gabutti cru of Serralunga. The Pie Franco vines are own rootedpre phylloxera styleand produce wines of uncommon depth, purity, and soul. The 1999 vintage is classic and structured, showing its maturity with notes of dried cherry,