Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2006 cote-to-cote-club Pinot Noir Yama comes from

Pinot Noir Yama comes from the Yama Vineyard in the Willamette Valley

This is Champagne for people who read soil maps

Limniona was almost extinct two decades ago

and has spent four decades perfecting the textural complexity that Friuli's marl and sandstone soils (located 20 kilometers from the sea) impart to white wine

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Cascina Francia, 2006 cote-to-cote-club Pinot Noir Yama comes fromNineteen years on, this is classical traditional Barolo drinking deep into its window. Cascina Francia is the legendary 16 hectare estate in Serralunga d'Alba that Giovanni Conterno purchased in 1974 a single contiguous parcel that became the foundation of modern Giacomo Conterno. Today the estate is run by Roberto Conterno, who took the helm following his father's death in 2004 and has carried the family's purist traditional approach forward without