Barolo Cascina Francia Giacomo Conterno 1997
Barolo Cascina Francia Giacomo Conterno 1997 is a dry, full-bodied red from Nebbiolo (Barolo, Italy), in the full, structured reds style. Tannins are very firm and acidity very high; oak influence is little. Those scales describe the wine when young; this is a 29-year-old bottle and its tannin and oak will have softened. Good with beef stew, mushroom risotto, steak, lamb.
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 1997 is a full-bodied, single-vineyard Nebbiolo red wine from the Barolo appellation of Piedmont, northern Italy. The Barolos of Giacomo Conterno are renowned for their extraordinary combination of power, subtlety and longevity, and to many represent the apogee of Italian fine wines. Cascina Francia is one of the most sought-after Barolos in the Conterno range, whose ample charms are particularly evident after long bottle maturation. On the 1997 Cascina Francia. " Giacomo Conterno`s 1997 Barolo Cascina Francia was also fabulous. The 1997 vintage seems to have yielded great wines in some of Piedmont`s poorer soils, as this heroic Barolo amply demonstrated. The 1997 was pure Serralunga Barolo, which is to say roses, tar and liquorice galore on a frame of substantial depth and pure breed." Vinous, 2012