Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2010 so120823 girard bonnet champagne offer 100% de-stemmed and fermented in

100% de-stemmed and fermented in vats

Give it an hour or two in a decanter

and this is built on firm tannin and clarity instead of sheer weight

Serve slightly chilled alongside charcuterie

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2010 so120823 girard bonnet champagne offer 100% de-stemmed and fermented inThe unicorn of all Barolo unicorns: Pie Franco is bottled only in vintages the family deems worthy, from ungrafted, own rooted Nebbiolo (Michet clone) that the late Teobaldo Cappellano planted in 1989 in the Otin Fiorin parcel of the Gabutti cru, Serralunga d'Alba. "Franco" means the vines grow on their own European rootstock rather than grafted American stock an obsessive, almost extinct way of farming Nebbiolo, and the source of this wine's near