2015 Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino, Barolo Bussia Riserva "Vigna dei Dardi"

2015 Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino, Barolo Bussia Riserva "Vigna dei Dardi"

Piedmont, Italy
Regular price$85.00
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2015 Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino, Barolo Bussia Riserva "Vigna dei Dardi"

If you asked us to make a list of our greatest wine experiences, it’d be stacked with bottles just like A&G Fantino’s Barolo Riserva “Vigna dei Dardi” 2015. This is traditionally made Barolo crafted by artisans who spent decades establishing other producers’ legendary status, and who’ve now marked out their own estate as one of the region’s best. It hails not just from the legendary Monforte d’Alba village, but from a select plot in one of its best sites. With almost a decade of age on it now, it’s an exquisite lesson in balance–pulsing, leathery red fruit underpinned by  vibrant structure. Soulstirring now, with decades of age ahead. Little in the world of wine can compare. The opportunity to offer a wine like this for less than $100 is rare indeed and getting rarer. We highly recommend grabbing as much as you can!

 

You might not see their wines nabbing quadruple-digit prices on restaurant lists or being flaunted on social media, but every Barolo diehard knows Alessandro and Gian Natale Fantino. For twenty years, Alessandro managed the vineyards and winemaking at Bartolo Mascarello, arguably the greatest–and most stridently traditional–Barolo estate ever. In fact, his expertise was so instrumental to Mascarello that he eventually became a full partner in the family business. In 1998, he sold his stakes to Bartolo’s daughter and joined his brother Gian Natale at the family’s estate. The same level of precision, detail, and artisanal craft Alessandro brought to Mascarello is at play at Fantino. Fruit is always harvested by hand; fermentations take place spontaneously, with macerations lasting up to a month; and yearslong aging takes place in large, old Slavoni

2015 Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino, Barolo Bussia Riserva "Vigna dei Dardi"
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