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The January 2024 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $900
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95WSM
“Part of the founding team of Conterno Fantino in 1982, Diego Conterno parted ways with the firm in 2000 but kept portions of three parcels in Monforte’s Ginestra cru that his family has owned for 150 years. This wine comes from 45-year-old vines in the Sorì parcel, at the top of the Ginestra hill. It opens with scents of mint and licorice that continue through the wine, joined by fresh cherry and berry flavors and powerful tannins. It’s an exciting, distinctive Barolo that offers impressive depth and concentration yet never feels heavy, lifted by precise herbal accents and brisk acidity”.
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“Part of the founding team of Conterno Fantino in 1982, Diego Conterno parted ways with the firm in 2000 but kept portions of three parcels in Monforte’s Ginestra cru that his family has owned for 150 years. This wine comes from 45-year-old vines in the Sorì parcel, at the top of the Ginestra hill. It opens with scents of mint and licorice that continue through the wine, joined by fresh cherry and berry flavors and powerful tannins. It’s an exciting, distinctive Barolo that offers impressive depth and concentration yet never feels heavy, lifted by precise herbal accents and brisk acidity”.
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Italy grows more indigenous grape varieties than any other country and produces wine in all 20 of its regions. From Piedmont's Nebbiolo to Tuscany's Sangiovese, its finest wines pair structure and bright acidity with a strong sense of place.
In Italy's northwest, Piedmont is home to Nebbiolo, the grape behind the powerful, perfumed and long-lived reds of Barolo and Barbaresco. Fog-shrouded hills and calcareous soils define its greatest wines.
The 'King of Wines,' a powerful, tannic and perfumed Nebbiolo from Piedmont's Langhe hills, celebrated for tar-and-roses aromatics and extraordinary aging potential.
Produces pale but powerfully tannic and perfumed reds with tar, rose and cherry notes. The grape behind Barolo and Barbaresco, it is among the most age-worthy in the world.