riper season that gave a more openly fruited
structured vintage producing traditional
Dominique Lafon always favored restrained extraction here
and ideal for both sipping neat or pairing with rich foods
Philippe took over in 2004 as the fourth generation connected to these vines—his great-grandfather was a barrel cooper who first bought vines in Morey
Fiorenzo Nada, Barbaresco Montaribaldi, 2016 SO060226 Cantalapiedra riper season that gave aThe Nada family have been quietly turning out benchmark Barbaresco since their first bottling in the early 1980s, working from Cascina Rombone in the high, cool commune of Treiso. Montaribaldi is the exception: a cru in the commune of Barbaresco itself, a warmer, more open site than the Treiso slopes at home. It is their aromatic, elegant bottling, less muscular than the home vineyard at Rombone and all the more charming for it. 2016 was one of