Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2012 BDXCOUNT0925 a wine that challenges expectations

a wine that challenges expectations of what the region can produce

or a simple summer afternoon

balancing energy with quiet depth

This is Sherry for serious drinkers—raw

or cellar it confidently for 8–12 years

Cappellano, Barolo Pie Franco, 2012 BDXCOUNT0925 a wine that challenges expectationsThere is no Barolo quite like Cappellano's Pie Franco. The late, iconoclastic Teobaldo Cappellano planted Nebbiolo on its own ungrafted roots ("pie franco") in the Gabutti section of the Otin Fiorin vineyard in Serralunga d'Alba, going against everything conventional wisdom said about phylloxera. The wine, made traditionally with native yeasts and long aging in old botti, is one of the most coveted in Piedmont. The 2012 is a classic, balanced