Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2011 Winback Summer 2020 who trained at cult California

who trained at cult California cellars like Pax's Wind Gap and Arnot-Roberts before launching his own Sonoma label with partner Jenny

and seventeen years on this is squarely in its drinking window

harvesting from limestone-rich slopes and vinifying traditionally with long macerations and aging in large Slavonian oak casks

with realistic expectations for a wine of this age

but dry versions like this are a whole different beast: lean and smoky

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2011 Winback Summer 2020 who trained at cult CaliforniaFrom one of Barolo's most uncompromising cult houses: Pie Rupestris is 100% Serralunga in character severe, authoritative, austere yet generous made from Nebbiolo on Rupestris rootstock in the Otin Fiorin parcel of the Gabutti cru, Serralunga d'Alba. Cappellano farms tiny quantities the old way and refuses scores and marketing on principle. The 2011 was a warmer, riper season that gave a more openly fruited, slightly earlier drinking Barolo than the