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Giovanni Canonica, Barolo Grinzane Cavour, 2021

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Giovanni Canonica
$269.00
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Giovanni Canonica works out of a small cellar beneath his house in the village of Barolo, and if you are hoping for gleaming tanks and temperature control, look elsewhere. Big old Slavonian botti, long macerations, minimal sulfur, no filtration. The wines come out perfumed, nearly translucent and completely alive, which is why traditionalists have been quietly hoarding them for years. Grinzane Cavour is the commune on the zone's eastern edge, named for Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, who ran the castle estate there and did as much as anyone to drag Barolo into the modern era. The site gives a fleshier, more open-armed Nebbiolo than Canonica's flagship: rose petal, sour cherry, tar and tobacco, with tannins that grip without biting. 2021 was a classic Piedmont vintage, cool enough to keep the perfume and structured enough to age. Decant it, or forget it in the cellar for a decade.

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More about Giovanni Canonica

Hidden legend in Barolo, living in a small agriturismo above the village, making wine in cellars below. Started with 1.5 hectares in Paiagallo (vines on the hill above town), later inherited older vines in Grinzane Cavour with a rare rose clone of Nebbiolo. No herbicides, no pesticides, only tradition. Production is insanely limited.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Braised beef, tajarin with butter and sage, mushroom risotto, aged Castelmagno.

Tasting Profile

Perfumed and translucent, medium-to-full bodied. Rose petal, sour cherry, tar and tobacco, firm structured tannins.

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