Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2005

Name: Cappellano, Barolo Pie Rupestris, 2005
Brand: Private
SKU: NYC-[CNSN]-CNSN-TTUCK-122325-CBPR2005-ROW341-BOX 18, 63
Price: 299.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy

by Cappellano

$299.00

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One of Barolo's most sought-after bottlings, this wine comes from vines grafted onto Vitis Rupestris rootstock—planted in the 1940s in Cappellano's Serralunga vineyard. The name "Piè Rupestris" refers to this American rootstock, used after phylloxera devastated European vineyards. The estate, led by the late Teobaldo Cappellano until 2009 and now his heirs, represents uncompromising traditionalism: long maceration, large casks, minimal intervention. The 2005 vintage was structured and powerful. Now two decades old, this is profound, complex Barolo with layers of tar, rose, and dried herbs. Remarkable depth and richness from these mature vines.

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More about Cappellano

Serralunga is extreme. No village in Barolo produces wines of greater structure and longevity. We understand that has to do with its soils, as no village in Barolo has a greater concentration of limestone.

When dealing with such a lion of a terroir, it must be tempting to find a whip that will tame the beast. For a wine-maker, that could be barriques, or short macerations, or roto-fermentors. Those are the short-cuts.

Augusto Cappellano, like his father Teobaldo before him, does not take those short cuts. Partly, that's because he is just fine with structure and longevity. That is the natural product of Serralunga's special terroir, after all. Partly, it's because Augusto's extremely high-quality farming (the family has only four hectares so they can apply their natural farming methods assiduously to each and every vine) ensures that the grapes' tannins ripen properly, avoiding any of the harsh, bitter qualities that for years many assumed were also "natural."