Ferrando, Carema Etichetta Nera, 2008 100325OFFER in the renowned Conca d'Oro

in the renowned Conca d'Oro (Golden Basin)

The 1989 vintage is widely regarded as one of Piedmont's greatest

Jean-Philippe Agisson spent ten years as cellar master for Alphonse Mellot at the iconic Domaine de la Moussiere in Sancerre — then was hand-picked by Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau to run the cellar at the legendary Didier Dagueneau estate

this Vieilles Vignes cuvée draws from some of the property's oldest plantings—including vines that famously survived the devastating 1956 frost thanks to the vineyard's high altitude

Here that means vines planted back in 1928

Ferrando, Carema Etichetta Nera, 2008 100325OFFER in the renowned Conca d'OroThe Etichetta Nera (black label) is Ferrando's legendary top Carema, bottled only in the finest vintages from the family's best parcels, only about 3,000 bottles when it's made. Raised in smaller French oak, it's the richer, denser, more ageworthy of the two Caremas, famous for showing gorgeously at 20, 25, even 30 years. The 2008 was a classic, cooler vintage that gave structured, fragrant wines, exactly the profile that rewards the Nera's long aging