Francesco Rinaldi, Barolo Brunate, 2006 Grower Champagne Lively lemon and green apple

Lively lemon and green apple are complemented by a soft honeyed richness that reflects the wine’s Chenin Blanc roots

All grown by small farmers within 5 miles of the brewery

producing wines of remarkable intensity and minerality

and even this coastal entry-level bottling gets the same convictions: no shortcuts

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Francesco Rinaldi, Barolo Brunate, 2006 Grower Champagne Lively lemon and green appleTraditional Barolo from one of Brunate's classic families, now with nearly two decades of bottle age. Francesco Rinaldi e Figli has worked the great La Morra Barolo border cru of Brunate for generations, making wine the old way: no new oak, long macerations, and years of aging in big Slavonian botti. Brunate gives Barolo that prized combination of depth, power, and balance, and 2006 was a classic, structured vintage built for exactly this kind of