Palladino, Barolo Parafada, 2016 no gtin just fourteen months in French

just fourteen months in French oak

It's 100% Cabernet Franc

and the elegant expression of place

brioche and beeswax on the nose

planted high on the Montosoli hill—one of the most prized zones in all of Montalcino

Palladino, Barolo Parafada, 2016 no gtin just fourteen months in FrenchSerralunga has a reputation for muscle, and Parafada is where it also remembers to be pretty. Palladino returned to this village in 1974, buying the old 18th century Cappellano cellar and then prying loose parcel after parcel from locals wary of outsiders; the next generation runs it now, and they have not been tempted to modernize. Long fermentations, large old Slavonian botti, and Nebbiolo left to be Nebbiolo. The 2016 is beginning to open, offering