Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2006 Freisa and Friends SO1024 too—lifted acidity that gives the

too—lifted acidity that gives the wine energy and drinkability even in its youth

and a touch of fine oak add depth and elegance

the celebrated hand behind Pomerol's L'Eglise-Clinet

A decade-plus on

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2006 Freisa and Friends SO1024 too—lifted acidity that gives theA powerhouse vintage from one of Barolo's most revered traditional estates. Giacomo Conterno's Cascina Francia is a single Serralunga vineyard of clay limestone, fermented on native yeasts with long maceration and aged for years in large Slavonian casks. The 2006 is a structured, powerful, deeply tannic vintage, and Cascina Francia is the most intensely tannic of Conterno's sites, so this remains a serious, slow resolving wine. After nearly two