Figli Luigi Oddero Barolo 'Convento' 2019 Size:750ml Pierre typically ages and bottles

Pierre typically ages and bottles his two premier-cru holdings in Aloxe-Corton—a half-hectare in Les Moutottes and a 0

and spends two years aging in a combination of concrete tanks and previously used wooden casks—mainly 25-hectoliter Slavonian oak

mineral-saturated finish

Grosjean’s Torette is charming and delicious in its youth but takes on more weight and gravitas with some bottle age

and the wine shows the rich concentration with generous fruit on the palate

Figli Luigi Oddero Barolo 'Convento' 2019 Size:750ml Pierre typically ages and bottlesGiven Oddero's staggering 35 hectares worth of Nebbiolo di Barolo, the estate has historically sold off a portion of its production in bulk, reserving the best exposed sites in the best spots for its Barolo Tradizionale. In exceptional vintages, however, they now bottle a second Barolo for us, mainly from parcels in La Morra. They named it Conventoa nod to the fact that their estate was a convent in the early 17th c. It is vinified and aged just like