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Barolo Cannubi 2011 75cl

DOCG | Barolo | Piemonte | Italy
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Critics scores
93 By Robert Parker
93 By James Suckling
93 By Wine Spectator
Chiara Boschis has produced an admirable 2011 Barolo Cannubi that offers deep richness and plush layers that you don't often get with this single-vineyard. The vintner has done a terrific job of portraying the muscular vintage against the feminine vineyard site. Barolo Cannubi opens to dark fruit, dry earth and spice. Yet, it remains breezy and airy, nonetheless, with an elegant and buoyant personality. Pretty menthol notes appear on the close. Farming is organic and this wine is aged in barrique and botte grande in equal parts.  Chiara Boschis is spearheading a movement to convince the 20 or so wineries that farm the Cannubi vineyard to convert to organic farming as a collective group. Because vineyard plots in this historic cru are so small and sandwiched so closely together, it really does come down to an all or nothing approach. If her proposal is successful and consensus on organic farming is reached, Cannubi would become a model for the rest of Italian wine.  Importer(s):  Indigenous Selection, 1215 SE 2nd Ave, Suite 101, Fort Lauderdale FL 33316 , (954) 530-4021 , www.indigenousselections.com
Producer
E. Pira & Figli - Chiara Boschis
Chiara Boschis is a true protagonist among the small, but driven group of women winemakers in the Langhe. Coming from a long lineage of viticulturists, she took the reins of E. Pira & Figli in 1990. Her parents purchased the estate in 1981 from an old wine producing family who had no heirs to take over the property. While she never wanted to change the winery’s name, she tastefully added her own. Her goal from the beginning has been to seamlessly unite the astonishing potential of Barolo, with approachable elegance, and bold, intense aromas. She achieves this goal, vintage after vintage, through rigorous vineyard management, meticulous selection, and impeccable vinification techniques such as shortened maceration, malolactic fermentation in stainless steel and aging in big oak barrels or barriques. In 2010, her brother, Giorgio joined her, and they now run this historical small wine cellar together. Today, the estate’s extremely limited production is crafted from eight and a half hectares of vineyards. Located only amongst the best hills of Monforte d'Alba, Serralunga d'Alba and Barolo, the family still cultivates a small plot in the famed Cannubi vineyard. The resulting wines are some of the most refined and delicate wines in Italy. Their collection is envied by many.