Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 NO20230927 and one of the best-value

and one of the best-value sparklers going — now in a half bottle

dry-farmed vineyards of Cinsault and País planted on 220-300 million year old granite soils

but aged in stainless steel rather than large oak to preserve its refreshing youthful style

100% Grand Cru Chardonnay produced from 4 parcels in the Cotes des Blancs

traditionally made Barolo from one of the appellation's most storied sites

Marcarini (Cogno) Barolo Brunate 1966 NO20230927 and one of the best-valueA genuine piece of Barolo history from the cru that started it all. In 1964 a young Elvio Cogno, cellar master at Poderi Marcarini in La Morra, became one of the first to name a single vineyard on a Barolo label: Brunate. That move made Marcarini the pioneer of cru Barolo. This is the 1966 from the same hallowed site, a traditionally made Nebbiolo now nearly six decades along. At this age the wine has shed its youthful structure for the dried fruit,