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Barolo Pie Franco Cappellano 2012

  • Red fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • 14% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Full-bodied

A daring move to rediscover the original taste of Barolo More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 2 very slightly marked label
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Country/Region: Italy, Piedmont
  • Appellation/Wine: Barolo
  • Producer/Owner: Cappellano
  • More information....

Barolo Pie Franco Cappellano serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Cailles farcies Lucullus, Aubergines grillées à la parmigiana, Tarte aux figues, jambon et parmiggiano.

Lot presentation
Barolo Pie Franco Cappellano

The wine

This cuvée is an audacious bet that was considered wild at the time of its creation, when Teobaldo Cappellano launched the project in the 1980s. This wine grower wanted to grow a few rows of ungrafted Nebbiolo to discover the original, pure expression of Barolo. This decision was also an homage to his grandfather Giovanni who spent his last years in Africa, trying to understand whether the American grafting system was the only solution. In spite of the pushback and of all the odds, these vines have never been blighted by phylloxera. Today, the domain continues this work with organic vine growing, the Nebbiolo grapes benefiting from ideal, south-facing slopes. In the winery, vinification involves little intervention. Indigenous yeasts kick off a fermentation that lasts for two to three weeks. Maturation is long, refined further by extra ageing time in the cellar once the wine is bottled. It is garnet red in colour with an intense bouquet marked by notes of cherry, flowers and aromatic herbs. The palate is structured by tannins and lifted by a fine acidity.

Detailed characteristics

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 2 very slightly marked label
  • Origin: Trade
  • Type of cellar: Space in a wine storage facility
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
  • French customs seal: no
  • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
  • Country/Region: Italy, Piedmont
  • Appellation/Wine: Barolo
  • Producer/Owner: Cappellano
  • Vintage: 2012
  • Color: Red
  • Service temperature: 16°
  • Viticulture: Conventional 
  • Intensity: Full-bodied
  • Dominant aroma: Red fruit
  • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
  • Grape variety: Nebbiolo
Barolo Pie Franco Cappellano
Barolo Pie Franco Cappellano

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Barolo Pie Franco Cappellano 2012

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format