Giacomo Conterno Barolo DOCG, 2011, 75cL Red WineBy Winebuyers

1 x 75cl. The producer Giacomo Conterno took over his family's business in the 1920s, based in the Barolo commune of Monforte d'Alba. Years later, in the early 1960s, he passed the reins to his sons, Giovanni and Aldo. The brothers went their separate ways in 1969. Giovanni kept the family's Giacomo Conterno estate and continued his father's tradition of purchasing the finest grapes and making solidly traditional Barolos, which included very long maceration periods in order to extract complexity and a strong tannic backbone in the wines, and many years ageing in large neutral oak casks. In 1974, Giovanni acquired the Cascina Francia vineyard in Serralunga d'Alba. When Giovanni passed away in 2004, his son Roberto took over, and while continuing his father and grandfather's traditional approaches, he has also introduced a few slightly more modern ways, including wooden vats for fermentation and large Austrian casks which he uses alongside the traditional Slavonian casks for ageing the wines. This Barolo is a classic example of the region's traditional style.