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2006 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia
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2006 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia

Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Nebbiolo
Origin: Italy
Region: Piedmont

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94 Points | Wine Spectator
96+ Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Great Barolo
12/10/2010
by Chris Cree M.W.
A beautiful wine that while still quite primary and young shows a glimpse of its potential if drunk now. Dark fruits, spice, floral tones - deep, dark, firm, structured, this has a great life ahead - drink best from 2016 - 2025.

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About Italy

Italy, like France, offers a world of wine styles within a single country: dry Italian white wines ranging from lively and minerally to powerful and full-bodied; cheap and cheerful Italian red wines in both a cooler, northern style and a richer, warmer southern style; structured, powerful reds capable of long aging in bottle; sparkling wines; sweet wines and dessert wines.
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Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo based wines made outside the Langhe hills are often lost in the commotion over Barolo and Barbaresco. The provinces of Vercelli and Novarra in the northern reaches of the Piedmont area are home to wines like Carema, Ghemme, and Gattinara. The latter two wines are mostly Nebbiolo, which as traditionally been blended with...
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