Cappellano, Barolo "Pie Franco", 2014 so012824 January Cellar Roundup offer one of the oldest vineyards

one of the oldest vineyards in the McMinnville AVA

it makes a genuinely great Old Fashioned and an even better Manhattan

It's all Chardonnay from the estate's younger vines

Les Vignes de Paradis crafts wines from Savoie

or wild mushroom risotto

Cappellano, Barolo "Pie Franco", 2014 so012824 January Cellar Roundup offer one of the oldest vineyardsPre phylloxera ungrafted vinesTeobaldo's "folly" that became legendary. In the 1980s, Teobaldo Cappellano planted ungrafted Nebbiolo Michet in the Gabutti cru of Serralunga, reverting to pre phylloxera methods. Only a handful of producers worldwide maintain such vineyards. Teobaldo famously banned journalists unless they reviewed without scores. The 2014 suffered 50% yield loss from weather but gained "inner sweetness and depth"kirsch, orange peel,