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Bartolo Mascarello

year founded, location

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  • 1920, by Giulio Mascarello, Bartolo’s father
  • Barolo proper
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Bartolo Mascarello

winemaking

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  • Fermentation in glass lined concrete
  • Spontaneous fermentation as much as possible (but not dogmatic)
  • 40-50 days
  • Aging in botti
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Bartolo Mascarello

vineyards

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  • Cannubi
  • San Lorenzo
  • Rué (SW of Sarmassa)
  • Le Rocche
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Giuseppe Rinaldi

year founded, location

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  • 1890, by Giuseppe Rinaldi, the current Giuseppe (Beppe)’s grandfather
  • Barolo proper
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Rinaldi

Brunate Riserva

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  • Single vineyard riserva bottling
  • Made only in top vintages and released after 10 years of barrel age
  • Made by Beppe’s father Battista, discontinued by Beppe in 1990 (he prefers the tradition of blending sites)
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“Last of the Mohicans”

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  • Bartolo Mascarello
  • Beppe Rinaldi
  • Teobaldo Cappellano
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Giuseppe “Beppe” Rinaldi

viticulture and winemaking

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  • No chemicals; Copper and sulfur against fungal disease
  • Fertilizing only with manure, for 4-5 years when the vines are young
  • Spontaneous fermentation in wooden vats, 20-30 day maceration, Botti only
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Historically, what are Giuseppe Rinaldi’s two wines?; what vintage did this change?; why?

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  • Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera
  • Brunate-Le Coste
  • 2010, when the ruling was passed that a bottle can bear a single vineyard name, or none
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Rinaldi wines, post 2010

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  • Brunate
    • includes max 15% allowed Le Coste
  • Tre Tine
    • Le Coste, Ravera, Cannubi San Lorenzo
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Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera v. Brunate-Le Coste

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  • CSL-Ravera
    • _​_rounder, more succulent, more approachable earlier
  • Brunate-LC
    • more austere, firmly structured, intensely floral
  • Presumably, the Brunate will continue to be more austere and long lived than the Tre Tine?
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Francesco Rinaldi: family relationship

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  • Cousin to Giuseppe
  • Poderi are entirely separate
  • Traditionalist philosophy is the same
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Francesco Rinaldi: wines

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  • Brunate
  • Cannubbio (Cannubi)
  • Grignolino
  • Dolcetto
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Who owns Bricco Boschis; where is it?

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  • Cavallotto
  • Castiglione Falletto
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Climats within Bricco Boschis

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  • Vigna San Giuseppe
  • Vigna Colle Sudovest
  • Punta Marcello
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Scavino: winemaking

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  • 1st in Piedmont to use rotary fermenters, 1993
  • Today, some of the wine sees the old rotary fermenters, and the rest sees new open top tanks with nets to keep the cap submerged
  • Some pumpovers to release CO2
  • First year in barrique, 15-20% new, then into large neutral cask
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Scavino: top wines

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  • Bric Fiasc: first vinified separately in 1978, the wine that put them on the map
  • Cannubi
  • Carobric (Rocche di Castiglione)
  • Bricco Ambrogio (Roddi)
  • Monvigliero (Verduno)
  • Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva (La Morra)
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When was Giuseppe Mascarello founded; where?

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1881, in Monchiero, outside the boundaries of Barolo. However, their prime real estate is in Castiglione Falletto.

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Is Monprivato a monopole of Giuseppe Mascarello?

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Yes

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What is Monprivato Ca’ d’Morissio?

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  • A riserva made in qualifiying years, from a small parcel of very old Michet clone (less productive than Lampia) vinified and aged apart
  • If good enough it will see 1-2 more years of age in large wood; if not, it will be blended into Monprivato
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Giuseppe Mascarello: modern or traditional?

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  • Mostly traditional - 25 day fermentation, large cask.
  • Fermentation split between stainless (modern) and glass-lined cement (traditional)
  • They do bottle by cru
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When was Cappellano founded?; where?

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1870; Serralunga d’Alba

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Who invented Barolo Chinato?

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Giuseppe Cappellano (son of founder Filippo), in the late 1800’s - anecdotal

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Cappellano: vineyards

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2ha in the Gabutti cru, purchased from a grower named Otin Fiorin in the 1980’s (namesake of Cappellano’s barolo)

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Cappellano: wines

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  • Otin Fiorin Piè Rupestris
    • 70 yo vines grafted on rupestris
  • Otin Fiorin Piè Franco
    • ungrafted vines planted in 1989
  • Both wines aged 3.5-4 years in slavonian oak, Traditional vinification
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Where is Elio Altare?

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La Morra

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Elio Altare: winemaking

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  • Rotary fermenters since 1993, regular removal of seeds during fermentation to minimize harsh tannin
  • After 3-4 days in the fermenter, racked into barrique (30% new)
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Elio Altare: wines

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  • Arborina
    • standard bearer, estate vineyard
  • Brunate
    • leased vineyard, 1995-2009
  • Vigna Bricco
    • leased vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba (since 2005)
  • Will produce Cannubi in the future
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Where is Giacomo Conterno?; what is the relationship to Aldo Conterno?

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  • Monforte d’Alba
  • Giovanni and Aldo Conterno are the sons of Giacomo Conterno. Aldo split off in 1969, and Giovanni continued at Giacomo Conterno
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When did Giacomo Conterno purchase his estate vineyard?; what and where?

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  • 1974; From 1920 to 1974, wine was made from purchased grapes
  • Cascina Francia, Serralunga
  • All estate wine comes from Cascina Francia; Monfortino is named in honor of the home village
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Giacomo Conterno: wines

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  • Cascina Francia
    • normale; aged 4 years in large oak
  • Monfortino
    • Riserva; aged 7 years in large oak; selected grapes; not made in all vintages
  • Cerretta
    • debut vintage 2010
  • Barbera
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Aldo Conterno: winemaking innovation

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  • Moved from submerged cap to pumpovers and limited fermentation and maceration times to minimize tannin; Stainless steel fermentation
  • HOWEVER, no barrique, ever, and still using large slavonian oak
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Aldo Conterno: wines

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  • Barolo/Barolo Bussia
    • Pre 2009, blend of vineyards within Bussia and Barolo
    • Post 2009 (destructive mudslide), all fruit is from Bussia and labeled as such
  • Colonello
  • Bussia Cicala
  • Romirasco
  • Gran Bussia
    • Riserva, made in worthy years
    • 70% Romirasco, 15% Cicala, 15% Colonello
    • Pre 2005, vinified separately then blended, 35 day maceration
    • Post 2005, vinified together, 60 day maceration
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When was Gaja founded?; where?

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  • 1859 - oldest winery in Barbaresco
  • Barbaresco proper
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First vintage for Gaja’s single vineyard Barbarescos?

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  • Sori San Lorenzo, 1967
  • Sori Tilden, 1970
  • Costa Russi, 1978
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When did Gaja declassify the single vineyard Barbaresco’s to Langhe DOC?

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1996

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Varietal blend on Gaja’s Langhe DOC wines?

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For the Nebbiolo based wines, 6-8% Barbera

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Gaja: wines from Piedmont

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  • Sori San Lorenzo, Sori Tilden, Costa Russi
  • Sperss (Serralunga, Langhe DOC)
  • Conteisa (La Morra, mostly Cerequio, Langhe DOC)
  • DaGromis (Serralunga and La Morra, Barolo DOCG)
  • Darmagi (Cab Sauv, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC)
  • Sito Moresco (equal parts Nebbiolo/Cab Sauv/Merlot, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC)
  • Alteni di Brassica (Sauv Blanc, barrique, Barbaresco and Serralunga, Langhe DOC)
  • Gaia & Rey (Chardonnay, Treiso, Langhe DOC)
  • Rossj-Bass (Chardonnay, Piedmont, Langhe DOC)
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Gaja: wines from elsewhere

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  • Brunello di Montalcino, Rennina, Sugarille
  • Ca’Marcanda (Maremma) -
  • Promis: Merlot, Syrah, Sangiovese
  • Magari: Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
  • Ca’Marcanda: Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
  • Vistamare: Vermentino, Viognier
  • Grappa: Sperss, Darmagi, Gaia & Rey
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When was Mascarello founded, and where is it?

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1920, by Giulio Mascarello, Bartolo’s father

Barolo proper

40
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Mascarello: winemaking

A

Fermentation in glass lined concrete
Spontaneous fermentation as much as possible (but not dogmatic)
40-50 days
Aging in botti

41
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Mascarello: vineyards

A

Cannubi
San Lorenzo
Rué (SW of Sarmassa)
Le Rocche

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Does Mascarello make a riserva?

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No

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When was Giuseppe Rinaldi founded, and where is it?

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1890, by Giuseppe Rinaldi, the current Giuseppe (Beppe)’s grandfather.
Barolo proper

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What is Rinaldi Brunate Riserva?

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A single vineyard riserva bottling, made only in top vintages and released after 10 years of barrel age. Made by Beppe’s father Battista, discontinued by Beppe in 1990 (he prefers the tradition of blending sites).

45
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Who are the “Last of the Mohicans?”

A

Bartolo Mascarello
Beppe Rinaldi
Teobaldo Cappellano

46
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Beppe Rinaldi: Viticulture and Winemaking

A

No chemicals. Copper and sulfur against fungal disease.
Fertilizing only with manure, for 4-5 years when the vines are young.

Spontaneous fermentation in wooden vats, 20-30 day maceration. Botti only.

47
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Historically, what are Giuseppe Rinaldi’s two wines? What vintage did this change? Why?

A

Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera
Brunate-Le Coste
2010, when the ruling was passed that a bottle can bear a single vineyard name, or none.

48
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Rinaldi wines, post 2010

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Brunate (which will include the max 15% allowed of Le Coste)
Tre Tine (Le Coste, Ravera, Cannubi San Lorenzo)
49
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Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera v. Brunate-Le Coste

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CSL-Ravera is rounder, more succulent, and more approachable earlier. Brunate-LC is more austere and firmly structured, intensely floral.
Presumably the Brunate will continue to be more austere and long lived than the Tre Tine?

50
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Francesco Rinaldi: family relationship

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Cousin to Giuseppe. Poderi are entirely separate. Traditionalist philosophy is the same.

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Francesco Rinaldi: wines

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Brunate
Cannubbio (Cannubi)
Grignolino
Dolcetto

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Who owns Bricco Boschis, and where is it?

A

Cavallotto

Castiglione Falletto

53
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Climats within Bricco Boschis

A

Vigna San Giuseppe
Vigna Colle Sudovest
Punta Marcello

54
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Scavino: winemaking

A

First in Piedmont to use rotary fermenters in 1993. Today some of the wine sees the old rotary fermenters, and the rest sees new open top tanks with nets to keep the cap submerged.
Some pumpovers to release CO2.
First year in barrique, 15-20% new, then into large neutral cask.

55
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Scavino: top wines

A

Bric Fiasc: first vinified separately in 1978, and the wine that put them on the map
Cannubi
Carobric (from Rocche di Castiglione)
Bricco Ambrogio (Roddi)
Monvigliero (Verduno)
Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva (La Morra)

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When was Giuseppe Mascarello founded, and where?

A

1881, in Monchiero, outside the boundaries of Barolo. However, their prime real estate is in Castiglione Falletto.

57
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Is Monprivato a monopole of Giuseppe Mascarello?

A

No, but they own 93%, and they are the only producer to so-label the wines.

58
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What is Monprivato Ca’ d’Morissio?

A

A riserva made in qualifiying years, from a small parcel of very old Michet clone (less productive than Lampia) vinified and aged apart. If good enough it will see 1-2 more years of age in large wood; if not, it will be blended into Monprivato.

59
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Giuseppe Mascarello: modern or traditional?

A

Mostly traditional - 25 day fermentation, large cask.
Fermentation split between stainless (modern) and glass-lined cement (traditiona).
They do bottle by cru.

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When was Cappellano founded, and where?

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1870 in Serralunga d’Alba

61
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Who invented Barolo Chinato?

A

Giuseppe Cappellano (son of founder Filippo), in the late 1800’s - anecdotal.

62
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Cappellano: vineyards

A

2ha in the Gabutti cru, purchased from a grower named Otin Fiorin in the 1980’s (namesake of Cappellano’s barolo).

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Cappellano: wines

A

Otin Fiorin Piè Rupestris: 70yo vines grafted on rupestris
Otin Fiorin Piè Franco: ungrafted vines planted in 1989
Both wines aged 3.5-4 years in slavonian oak. Traditional vinification.

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Where is Elio Altare?

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La Morra

65
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Altare: winemaking

A

Rotary fermenters since 1993, regular removal of seeds during fermentation to minimize harsh tannin.
After 3-4 days in the fermenter, racked into barrique (30% new).

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Altare: wines

A

Arborina: standard bearer, estate vineyard
Brunate: leased vineyard, 1995-2009
Vigna Bricco: leased vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba (since 2005)

Will produce Cannubi in the future

67
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Where is Giacomo Conterno? What is the relationship to Aldo Conterno?

A

Monforte d’Alba
Giovanni and Aldo Conterno are the sons of Giacomo Conterno. Aldo split off in 1969, and Giovanni continued at Giacomo Conterno.

68
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When did Giacomo Conterno purchase his estate vineyard? What and where?

A
  1. From 1920 to 1974, wine was made from purchased grapes.
    Cascina Francia, Serralunga
    All estate wine comes from Cascina Francia; Monfortino is named in honor of the home village.
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Giacomo Conterno: wines

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Cascina Francia: normale. Aged 4 years in large oak.
Monfortino: Riserva, aged 7 years in large oak. Selected grapes. Not made in all vintages.
Cerretta: debut vintage 2010
Barbera

70
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Aldo Conterno: winemaking innovation

A

Moved from submerged cap to pumpovers and limited fermentation and maceration times to minimize tannin. Stainless steel fermentation.
HOWEVER, no barrique, ever, and still using large slavonian oak.

71
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Aldo Conterno: wines

A

Barolo/Barolo Bussia: Pre 2009, blend of vineyards within Bussia and Barolo. Post 2009 (destructive mudslide), all fruit is from Bussia and labeled as such.
Colonello
Bussia Cicala
Romirasco
Gran Bussia: Riserva, made in worthy years. 70% Romirasco, 15% Cicala, 15% Colonello. Pre-2005, vinified separately then blended, 35 day maceration; post-2005, vinified together, 60 day maceration.

72
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When was Gaja founded, and where?

A

1859 - oldest winery in Barbaresco

Barbaresco proper

73
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First vintage for Gaja’s single vineyard Barbarescos?

A

Sori San Lorenzo, 1967
Sori Tilden, 1970
Costa Russi, 1978

74
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When did Gaja declassify the single vineyard Barbaresco’s to Langhe DOC?

A

1996

75
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Varietal blend on Gaja’s Langhe DOC wines?

A

For the Nebbiolo based wines, 6-8% Barbera

76
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Gaja: wines from Piedmont

A

Sori San Lorenzo, Sori Tilden, Costa Russi
Sperss (Serralunga, Langhe DOC)
Conteisa (La Morra, mostly Cerequio, Langhe DOC)
DaGromis (Serralunga and La Morra, Barolo DOCG)
Darmagi (Cab Sauv, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC)
Sito Moresco (equal parts Nebbiolo/Cab Sauv/Merlot, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC)
Alteni di Brassica (Sauv Blanc, barrique, Barbaresco and Serralunga, Langhe DOC)
Gaia & Rey (Chardonnay, Treiso, Langhe DOC)
Rossj-Bass (Chardonnay, Piedmont, Langhe DOC)

77
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Gaja: wines from elsewhere

A 
Brunello di Montalcino, Rennina, Sugarille
Ca'Marcanda (Maremma) - 
Promis: Merlot, Syrah, Sangiovese
Magari: Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
Ca'Marcanda: Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc
Vistamare: Vermentino, Viognier
Grappa: Sperss, Darmagi, Gaia & Rey
78
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Where is Roagna?

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Barbaresco proper

79
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Roagna: vineyards

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Asili, Pajè, Crichët Pajè, Montefico

Castiglione Falletto: Pira, Carso

80
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Roagna: replanting

A

vine by vine, previously selection massale

now mostly provignage; up to 75yo piè franco in Castiglione Falletto

81
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Roagna Vecchie Vigne

A

60-65yo

82
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Other than the wines, what is Bruno Giacosa famous for?

A

He was a tremendously successful negociant with an exceptional palate, who brought to light many crus that are important today.

83
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When did Bruno Giacosa begin making wine?

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  1. First vintage of Barbaresco Riserva Speciale was 1961.
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Bruno Giacosa: first single vineyard bottlings

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Barbaresco Santo Stefano Riserva Speciale (Nieve), 1964
Asili Riserva Speciale, 1967
Barolo Vigna Rionda di Serralunga (1967)

85
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When did Giacosa purchase his estate vineyards?

A

Falletto farm & vineyards (Serralunga) in 1982.

Plots in Asili and Rabajà in 1996.

86
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Giacosa makes two lines of wines. What are they, and what is the difference?

A

Casa Vinicola Bruno Giacosa is the negoce.

Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa are the estate wines.

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Giacosa: wines

A

Asili, 15-18mos in large neutral french oak
Asili Riserva, in select vintages, 2 years in wood
Rabaja, last vintage 2005 (vines were excluded in the reclassification, so the juice is now sold in bulk)
Santo Stefano, last vintage 2011
Falletto, Falletto Riserva
Le Rocche del Falletto, highest altitude, oldest vines, longer skin maceration. First vintage 1997.
Le Rocche del Falletto Riserva, select vintages, three years in cask

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