Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 NO20230927 but aged in stainless steel

but aged in stainless steel rather than large oak to preserve its refreshing youthful style

The 2020 is classic Serralunga — that compelling sweetness of fruit

After a few minutes of aeration

hidden hillside vineyard tucked into a coastal valley just east of Occidental

Focusing first on the Cabernet fruit from our mineral-rich

Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 NO20230927 but aged in stainless steelA 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,