Cappellano Barolo Pie Franco 2005 750ml

One of the rarest and most coveted wines in Barolo, Cappellano’s “Piè Franco” comes from a miniscule section of their Gabutti holdings which Teobaldo riskily planted to ungrafted Nebbiolo in 1989. Fortunately, the vines have managed to survive, and the wine they produce provides an endlessly fascinating counterpart to the Piè Rupestris above. Although it is produced in identical fashion, Piè Franco is silkier in texture, more ethereal, and more complex overall, leading one to imagine what Barolo might have been like before the ravages of phylloxera.