Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 no ups Frappato is the grape that

Frappato is the grape that ruins people for heavy red wine

This single-vineyard Nebbiolo ages 40 months in large barrels and arrives in a generous 3-liter format

Aged in cement barrels

and graphite alongside red and black cherry

and the wine is finished as brut nature so the fruit and aged complexity carry through without dosage

Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 no ups Frappato is the grape thatA 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,