Vietti Barolo Monvigliero 2021 (3L) 051426OFFER and a fair indicator of

and a fair indicator of where their standards sit

off-piste find for anyone who follows the natural side of the Cote d'Or

makes this rare Blanc de Meunier entirely in concrete eggs (hence Oeuf)

and it is the hardest kind of beer to make well: long cold lagering

Vietti Barolo Monvigliero 2021 (3L) 051426OFFER and a fair indicator ofVerduno sits at the northern edge of Barolo, well away from the fame of La Morra and Serralunga, and for decades that kept it a specialist's secret. Monvigliero is the reason that changed. The hill runs due south on a steep, pale, calcareous slope, and it makes Barolo built on perfume and lift rather than brawn rose and red fruit over a frame that feels almost weightless right up until the tannins arrive. Vietti is one of the houses that made cru