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The 2007 Barolo Riserva Ginestra is born in extremely difficult conditions. Fruit is sourced from a hillside plot with impossibly steep inclines and shallow soils (with white tufo and clay) for limited root penetration. These factors help curb the natural vigor of the grapevine and result in high quality fruit. This wine sees a long maceration period (up to 40 days) and almost six years of barrel aging in botte grande. The results are spectacular with rich floral and menthol aromas folded within the wine`s silky texture. This 2007 Riserva feels much younger than it really is. Drink: 2016-2035.
Technical Details
- BlendNebbiolo
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- AppellationBarolo
Paolo Conterno Barolo Ginestra Riserva 2007
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2007 Paolo Conterno Ginestra Riserva?! WHAT?! YES!!! Do whatever you can to taste this Nebbiolo brilliance. Perfect provenance and a wine that will outlive you. This is mind-altering, life-changing wine...you will never be the same after drinking a bottle of this.
About the Producer
It all started way back in 1886, when Paolo Conterno founded the Casa della Ginestra, dedicated to the production of Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto wines. An indefatigable worker with a mind of great intuition, he devoted the most favorable parts of the Ginestra hillside to the growing of the grapes, subdividing them by type, exposure and terrain. Furthermore, he had the foresight to predict the existence of a market of connoisseurs of superior quality products, selling his own wine in wooden kegs and produced by himself in his own cellar. Paolo was succeeded by his son Carlo and his wife Giuseppina. The company was subsequently run by Paolo and Caterina Conterno and today the company is managed by their son Giorgio.