Piedmonte 2023: Tasting at Conterno Fantino

First shop of the Piedmont tour; not particularly ground-breaking, modernist, a good start;

• 2022 Conterno Fantino Dolcetto d'Alba Bricco Bastia 87 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba

  100pc steel; fruitty table wine;

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• 2022 Conterno Fantino Langhe Prinsìpi 87 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC

  85pc Chardonnay; 15pc other white; steel aged; brine, crisp, dry and quite heavy on the malo;

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• 2022 Conterno Fantino Barbera d'Alba Vignota 87 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d'Alba

  9m French oak; baking spice, somewhat structured; acidic; black fruit

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• 2022 Conterno Fantino Langhe Nebbiolo Ginestrino 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC

  dark cherry, mint, grapite, balsamic; 9, french oak; smooth tannins more granular

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• 2018 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sorì Ginestra 91 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  larger diurnal variatoin as more south in Ginestra; powerful, "Mike Tyson"; 50m from de Gris with more silt and limestone; dark cherry aroma, smooth most powerful tannin; blood orange; concentrated;

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• 2019 Conterno Fantino Barolo Vigna Pressenda Castelletto 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  50pc silt, stony; austere tough, low acid; heavy tannin though smooth; crushed red fruit aroma;

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• 2018 Conterno Fantino Barolo Vigna Ped Mosconi 89 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  same soil as Castelletto; balsamic, dried red fruit; low tannins, smooth; least aromatic; most southern Cru of these Monforte plots; herbal aroma; ferrous;

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• 2019 Conterno Fantino Barolo Vigna del Gris Ginestra 89 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  sandstone, south east of Monforte; 50pc sand soil; light, fresh, aromatic, soft tannin, herbal, mint, floral;

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