Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 California dark blackberry fruit

dark blackberry fruit

Fermented (indigeneous yeasts) and aged several months in a wide range of wine and spirits barrels

caramel and sweet coffee touches - so inviting

roasted espresso bean

91 points and a Smart Buy

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 California dark blackberry fruit98 points Vinous The 2004 Barolo Cascina Francia boasts staggering depth and explosive intensity from the very first taste. One of the most brooding, backward 2004s, the Cascina Francia is one of the only wines in this vintage that I am slightly disappointed to have opened, as it is so intensely backward. Hints of sage, tobacco, menthol, rose petal and graphite open up in the glass, recalling just how mesmerizing the 2004 was in cask. At once silky,