Barolo Cerretta Giacomo Conterno 2011

Barolo Cerretta Giacomo Conterno 2011

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  • Robert Parker rating 97
  • Vinous rating 95
Barolo Cerretta Giacomo Conterno 2011
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75 cl

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£215.00
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A dark and concentrated Barolo from one of the pre-eminent names of Nebbiolo winemaking, Giacomo Conterno. The wine comes from the Cerretta cru, a slope with south-east exposition on soil of marl and clay with a high limestone content. This Barolo is from 2011, a vintage noted for its ripeness. But while there is undoubted power and structure here, the wine remains elegant and expressive, and will become more so with a decade or more in bottle.
95 Vinous
A dark, virile wine, the 2011 Barolo Cerretta shows just how far Conterno has come with this site. The flavors are dark, bold and incisive throughout, with plenty of dark red cherry, plum, leather, smoke, tar, licorice and scorched earth overtones. Powerful and intense, with a real sense of vertical structure, Cerretta is going to need time to settle down. There is none of the early appeal of the vintage here, so readers will have to be patient. This is going to be a fascinating wine to follow as it ages over the coming decades.Antonio Galloni1st December 2015

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Time and Tradition

Founded in the 1920s, Giacomo Conterno is an iconic Piedmont estate currently owned and operated by Roberto, grandson of winery founder and namesake. Giacomo was assisted by his brother Aldo Conterno for many years before Aldo left to establish his own eponymous winery, pursuing a different style of winemaking altogether.

Along with Gaja and Bruno Giacosa, the winery is considered to be one of the premier producers of fine Barolo. Cascina Francia and Monfortino (only made in select vintages and aged for up to seven years before release) are Conterno's top wines when it comes to Nebbiolo, but the team also make excellent Barbera a'Alba. The Nebbiolo are traditional expressions of the Piedmont terroir in many ways - long-lived and earthy with an elegant savoury character to match alluring ripe red and black fruit notes.

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