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Giacomo Conterno: Modern or Traditional?

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Traditional

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Who makes Monfortino? Where is the vineyard?

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Giacomo Conterno
1978-2014: 100% Francia
2015-Onward: A Blend of Francia, Ceretta, and Arione
Serralunga d’Alba

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How much is Monfortino on a wine list?

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2010 = $2000

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Where is Giacomo Conterno Cascina Francia? Price?

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Serralunga d’Alba
2015 = $650

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Francia is a monopole of whose?

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Giacomo Conterno

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Where is Giacomo Conterno Arione? Price?

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Serralunga d’Alba
2015 = $560

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Name some traditional producers of Barolo

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Giacomo Conterno

Guiseppe Mascarello

Bartolo Mascarello

Guiseppe Rinaldi

Roagna

Fratelli Brovia

Cappellano

Giacomo Borgogno

Bruno Giacosa (Barbaresco)

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Name some modernist producers of Barolo and Barbaresco.

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Luciano Sandrone (in between)

Prunotto

Ceretto

Paolo Scavino

Domenico Clerico

Elio Altare

Gaja

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What are the three separate bottlings of Aldo Conterno’s Bussia? Where are the parcels for these bottlings located?

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Vigna Cicala

Vigna Romirasco

Vigna Colonello

-comes from the Soprana vineyard within the Bussia cru.
Bussia is split between Barolo and Monforte d’Alba.

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What is Aldo Conterno’s Granbussia? Price on a list?

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In the best years, he produces a selection from within each of three parcels and calls it Granbussia.
Located in Monforte d’Alba
About $800-$1200

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Top wines of Produttori

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Barbaresco Rabajà: Inaugural vintage 1967.
Barbaresco Montestefano
Barbaresco Asili
Barbaresco Pora: Inaugural vintage 1967.
Barbaresco Ovello: Inaugural vintage 1970.

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True or False: Bartolo Mascarello blends vineyard sites? Price?

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False
$500-$600

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Francia is a monopole of whose?

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Giacomo Conterno

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

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Casa Vinicola Bruno Giacosa is the negoce.

Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa are the estate wines.

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Giacosa: wines

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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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Where is Falletto?

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Serralunga d’Alba

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Which 2000s vintages did Giacosa not produce?

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2006
2010

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Who makes Monprivato? Where is it located? Price?

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Guiseppe Mascarello
Castiglione Falletto
$500

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Is Monprivato a monopole?

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

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What is Monprivato Ca’ d’Morissio?

Price?

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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.
$1500

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The vineyards of Sori Tildin and Costa Russi are located in which cru? Commune? Who makes wine from here? Price?

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Roncagliette
Barbaresco
Gaja
$1200

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Where is Gaja’s San Lorenzo vineyard located? Cru? Commune?

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Secondine
-Barbaresco
Gaja
$1200

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Where is the Sperss vineyard? Producer?

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Serralunga
Gaja

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What is the grape of Darmaji? Producer?

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Cabernet Sauvignon Blend
Gaja

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What is Sito Moresco? Producer?
Equal parts Nebbiolo/Cab Sauv/Merlot, Barbaresco, Langhe DOC. Gaja
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What is Alteni di Brassica? Producer?
Sauv Blanc, barrique, Barbaresco and Serralunga, Langhe DOC Gaja
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What is Gaia & Rey? Producer?
Chardonnay, Treiso, Langhe DOC Gaja
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What is Rossj-Bass? Producer?
Chardonnay, Piedmont, Langhe DOC Gaja
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What is Rinaldi Brunate Riserva? Price?
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). $1800 on wine searcher
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Who are the “Last of the Mohicans?”
Bartolo Mascarello Beppe Rinaldi Teobaldo Cappellano
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Historically, what are Giuseppe Rinaldi’s two wines? What vintage did this change? Why?
Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera (Barolo) Brunate-Le Coste (Barolo) 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
Tre Tine (Le Coste, Ravera, Cannubi San Lorenzo) Brunate (which will include the max 15% allowed of Le Coste)
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Who owns Bricco Boschis, and where is it?
Cavallotto Castiglione Falletto
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Where is Elio Altare?
La Morra
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Altare: winemaking
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
Arborina: standard bearer, estate vineyard (La Morra) $400 Brunate: leased vineyard, 1995-2009 (La Morra/Barolo) Vigna Bricco: leased vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba (since 2005) Will produce Cannubi in the future
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When was Cappellano founded, and where?
1870 in Serralunga d'Alba
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Who invented Barolo Chinato?
Giuseppe Cappellano (son of founder Filippo), in the late 1800’s - anecdotal.
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Cappellano: vineyards
2ha in the Gabutti cru - Serralunga Purchased from a grower named Otin Fiorin in the 1980’s (namesake of Cappellano’s barolo).
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Cappellano: wines
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 Giacomo Conterno? What is the relationship to Aldo Conterno?
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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Giacomo Conterno: wines
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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Where is Roagna?
Barbaresco proper
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Roagna: vineyards
Asili, Pajè, Crichët Pajè, Montefico Castiglione Falletto: Pira, Carso
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Roagna Vecchie Vigne
60-65yo
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Scavino: winemaking
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.
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Who makes Bric del Fiasc? Cru?
Fiasco Castiglione Falletto $280
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Where is Rocche dell’ Annunziata located? Important producer?
La Morra Paolo Scavino
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Who makes the bottling Ciabot Mentin? Commune? Cru?
Domenico Clerico Ginestra Monforte d’Alba
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Who makes the bottling Pajana? Commune? Cru?
Domenico Clerico Ginestra Monforte d’Alba
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What is special about Clerico’s Barolo ‘Percristina’? What vineyard and village do the grapes come from?
Made for his daughter who died in a tragic accident. Only released in the best vintages. Aged for 3 years barrique, constant tastings to select the best barriques, then assembling in barrel. 2 years in barrel (25 hL), 5+ years in bottle. Mosconi - Monforte d’Alba
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Francia is a monopole of whose?
Giacomo Conterno
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Which of the following of Elio Grasso’s bottlings is aged in French Barrique? Gavarini Chiniera Casa Mate Runcot
Runcot

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