The red robin, who graced this wine with its name and image, is a symbol of Lombardy. The wine gets two years in barrel and is a blend of wines from all three of Arpepe's vineyards.
The Grumello wines from Arpepe come from limestone soils at high altitudes, making graceful Nebbiolo that brings high toned floral aromas with weightlessness on the palate.
From a vineyard planted at an altitude of 450m, this wine has a bouquet of cool, fresh-turned forest loam, with a warm minerality and herbaceousness on the palate.
Cappellano's outstanding single-vineyard Barolo in this case marries a cool vintage to classic Piedmont winemaking in large oak casks and extended aging. This is a gem for the cellar! To Cappellano's credit, they refuse to provide samples to critics unless said critics agree to review the wine without a score (Teobaldo hated wine scores).
Grab one of these while you can, we have but a handful. They're hard to find even in Alba.
Cappellano's outstanding single-vineyard Barolo in this case marries a cool vintage to classic Piedmont winemaking in large oak casks and extended aging. This is a gem for the cellar! To Cappellano's credit, they refuse to provide samples to critics unless said critics agree to review the wine without a score (Teobaldo hated wine scores).
Grab one of these while you can, we have but a handful. They're hard to find even in Alba.
Made of fruit from the first vineyard Eugenio and Cinzia planted, this is Nebbiolo as you'd expect from Alba. Complex, structured, and delicious. This one deserves to be savoured.
Named after Eugenio and Cinzia’s daughter, Lucia, the “Lu” Barolo is made of the best clusters from two of their best crus, seeing two years in foudre, six to twelve months in glass-lined cement vats, and another year resting in bottle before release. As herbaceous and complex as you could ask Barolo to be.
This wine is more raspberry patch than raspberry, with all the brambly, stemmy, earthy herbaceousness you could ask of a properly treated Barolo. From a vineyard where the cover-crops are scythed to avoid noise pollution, this wine exemplifies the hands-on diligence of Ferdinando's practices.
