Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 California singed tobacco

singed tobacco

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

dark blackberry fruit

a step up in sweetness from the Champans

Shows a superripe note of crystallized pit fruits

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 California singed tobacco98 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,