Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 NO20230927 hidden hillside vineyard tucked into

hidden hillside vineyard tucked into a coastal valley just east of Occidental

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Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 NO20230927 hidden hillside vineyard tucked intoA genuine piece of Barolo history from the cru that started it all. In 1964 a young Elvio Cogno, cellar master at Poderi Marcarini in La Morra, became one of the first to name a single vineyard on a Barolo label: Brunate. That move made Marcarini the pioneer of cru Barolo. This is the 1966 from the same hallowed site, a traditionally made Nebbiolo now nearly six decades along. At this age the wine has shed its youthful structure for the dried fruit,