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Muscular and sinewy, the ’06 Colonnello crouches like a capoeirista, ready to explode in a series of balletic, kinetic moves. Intense, complex, and dense, this Barolo unfolds with precision and wonderment. Inhale and experience the scent of Piemonte—all roses and tar and ineffable earthy elements. Sip and taste ripe dark plums and berries, along with smoke, tar and spice. Swallow and feel the velvety tannins linger. Best if cellared for a couple of years, but then drinking for the next two to three decades.
- Country: Italy
- Region: Piemonte
- Subregion/Classification:Barolo
Aldo Conterno is known as the "King of Barolo" in Italy. Poderi Aldo Conterno is situated in Monforte d'Alba on the prized Bussia Soprano vineyard, in the heart of the Barolo region. The Conterno family has been producing and aging the great Piemontese wines for more than five generations. Aldo left his legendary brother at his father's cellar (the Giacomo Conterno estate) in 1969 to pursue his own winemaking interests and reputation, creating the wines of Poderi Aldo Conterno in the "Favot" cellar. The estate exclusively vinifies its own 25 hectares of grapes.
The Conterno brothers parted ways back in the late sixties to create their own styles of Barolo, Giovanni producing the more traditional style of the two. However, Aldo's wines are not considered modern; he still refuses to age them in small barriques. The wines are more fruit driven than the earthy wines of the Giacomo Conterno estate across town in Monforte. Aldo Conterno's corporate policy of producing only the highest quality wines while mixing tradition with innovation falls directly in line with the aspirations of IWM. We offer only the highest quality wines to our clients.
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