Barolo, Monfortino Riserva

Specification

Producer

Giacomo Conterno

Region

Italy

Where

Monforte d’Alba, Piedmont

Classification

Barolo DOCG Riserva

Grapes

Nebbiolo

Vintage

2006

Case

6 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

BARMON066X75

About this wine

Monfortino is Giacomo Conterno’s Barolo Riserva, made only in the best years and aged for many years in large oak casks before release. Earlier vintages were made from grapes bought in Serralunga d’Alba; since the late 1970s it has come from the family’s Cascina Francia vineyard there. Powerful and tannic when young, it develops great complexity and lasts for many decades.

About Giacomo Conterno

Giacomo Conterno is one of the most respected names in Barolo, a family estate based in Monforte d’Alba and now run by Roberto Conterno. The family has been making Barolo since the early twentieth century and is known for a strictly traditional approach: long fermentations and long ageing in large oak casks.

Since 1974 the estate has owned the Cascina Francia vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba, and it has since added the Cerretta and Arione vineyards. Its Barolo Riserva Monfortino is one of the most revered and long-lived wines of Italy and is keenly sought by collectors.