Conterno Fantino Barolo DOCG Castelletto ‘Vigna Pressenda’ 2021 almansa and green apple

and green apple

premier crus

Made from vines planted in the early 1980’s this wine shows lovely aromatics and remarkable finesse for the appellation

it ultimately has a low sugar content with a fine balance due to its acidity

and with this intensity of structure

Conterno Fantino Barolo DOCG Castelletto ‘Vigna Pressenda’ 2021 almansa and green appleA new and more elegant Barolo from one of Fantino's wonderful vineyard acquisitions, where some vines up to almost fifty years old. The Castelletto vineyard is in Monforte d"Alba, although a greater proportion of sand and silt in this south east facing slope allows the Pressenda to offer a powerful expression that tends a little more toward the fine boned and feminine. An outstanding and distinctive wine, the Pressenda is a unique Barolo for early to