Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Monfortino Riserva Speciale, 1970 (1.5L) SO021326 Dutraive Burgaud’s Côte-Rôtie is the real

Burgaud’s Côte-Rôtie is the real deal

crafted to let the purity of the fruit and terroir take center stage

Gnemiz's approach to Salici mirrors Peri's restrained philosophy: whole-cluster pressing

The palate is layered and poised

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Monfortino Riserva Speciale, 1970 (1.5L) SO021326 Dutraive Burgaud’s Côte-Rôtie is the realA 1. 5L museum piece of arguably the most coveted Barolo label in the world, in a format and from an era almost impossible to find. The 1970 Monfortino is the last Conterno Monfortino made from purchased fruit (the family bought their Cascina Francia estate in 1974), and the wine was famously not bottled until 1985 after 15 years in 50hl Slavonian botti. 1970 was a classical structured Piedmont vintage, and 55 years on this magnum is squarely in