M�rke: Giacomo Conterno

Pairing: Red meats, roasts, game and medium / long-aged cheeses in the first place.
Description: No residual sugar reddish color intense garnet with hints of tobacco and dried fruit.
Color: Reddish garnet.
Bouquet: Intense, ample, fruity and floral, balsamic and spicy notes.
Taste: Warm, soft, full-bodied, fresh and very persistent.
Total acidity: Approximately 5.5-6 grams per liter.
Location vines: Cascina Francia located in Serralunga d'Alba 400 mt. s.l.m. Southwest
Climate: The special alchemy of the Langhe and Roero hills, with their unique combination of soil marl clay-limestone and sand, as' a cold temperate climate, close to the Alps availability of water and the well-exposed slopes provide the conditions in which grapes to express their full potential.
Soil: Medium mixture with calcareous skeleton formed by sandstone rocks.
FARM FRANCE Giacomo Conterno Barolo 2010

As is now well known this vintage replaces Monfortino Barolo that it was not produced.

Essential, deep, hearty.

Roberto Conterno is a Piedmontese few words of solid and productive philosophy: good wine only needs maturity, time and decanting.

Annual production: About 140 hl.
Yield per hectare: 35 hl. per ha.
Harvest: By mid-October.
Training system: Guyot
fermentation time: Long and traditional to about 30 ° C.
Fermentation period: Approximately 3/4 weeks.
Ageing: 4 years in large oak casks.