Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 FRFLSH using time on the skins

using time on the skins to coax depth and texture from ripe stone fruit and citrus

Corsica from one of its most inhospitable corners: the Agriates Desert

savory side

February 23rd

Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 FRFLSH using time on the skinsA genuine piece of Barolo history from the cru that started it all. In 1964 a young Elvio Cogno, cellar master at Poderi Marcarini in La Morra, became one of the first to name a single vineyard on a Barolo label: Brunate. That move made Marcarini the pioneer of cru Barolo. This is the 1966 from the same hallowed site, a traditionally made Nebbiolo now nearly six decades along. At this age the wine has shed its youthful structure for the dried fruit,