Prunotto, Barolo Riserva, 1980 so120523_bordeaux high-toned expression of Nebbiolo

high-toned expression of Nebbiolo

ethereal of Giuseppe Russo's single-contrada reds

the famous Cannubi-hill silk on full display

With age it starts to resemble mature red Burgundy from Vosne or Nuits-Saint-Georges more than anything you'd expect from central Italy

using totally non-traditional techniques

Prunotto, Barolo Riserva, 1980 so120523_bordeaux high-toned expression of NebbioloBeppe Colla era Prunotto at full maturity, a museum piece from a transformative era. From 1956 to 1994, Beppe Colla and his brother Tino ran Prunotto, and they did nothing less than reshape modern Barolo, inspired by Burgundy to bottle the first single vineyard Barolo (Bussia, in 1961). Their style was uncompromisingly traditional: long macerations, large Slavonian botti, fruit and soil first, never the cellar. This 1980 Riserva carries that signature