Diego Conterno, Barolo "Le Coste di Monforte DOCG", 2019
A traditional Monforte Barolo from one of the appellation's quieter, classier names. Diego Conterno — a Monforte vigneron who was a co-founder of Conterno-Fantino in 1982 (with Claudio Conterno and Guido Fantino) before leaving in 2000 — produced his first wines under his own label in 2003 from his Monforte d'Alba estate, with son Stefano now alongside. Le Coste di Monforte is a single MGA sitting on classic Monforte soils, and 2019 is a benchmark Barolo vintage: ripe but cool-nerved, with patience baked in. Long macerations and big Slavonian oak give a wine of old-school cut and clarity — sour cherry, dried rose, tar and a fine grip of tannin. Drink it now over slow-braised meats or stash it for a decade; it'll reward either choice. Among the best values in serious Monforte Barolo today.
Diego Conterno, Barolo "Le Coste di Monforte DOCG", 2019
A traditional Monforte Barolo from one of the appellation's quieter, classier names. Diego Conterno — a Monforte vigneron who was a co-founder of Conterno-Fantino in 1982 (with Claudio Conterno and Guido Fantino) before leaving in 2000 — produced his first wines under his own label in 2003 from his Monforte d'Alba estate, with son Stefano now alongside. Le Coste di Monforte is a single MGA sitting on classic Monforte soils, and 2019 is a benchmark Barolo vintage: ripe but cool-nerved, with patience baked in. Long macerations and big Slavonian oak give a wine of old-school cut and clarity — sour cherry, dried rose, tar and a fine grip of tannin. Drink it now over slow-braised meats or stash it for a decade; it'll reward either choice. Among the best values in serious Monforte Barolo today.
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A traditional Monforte Barolo from one of the appellation's quieter, classier names. Diego Conterno — a Monforte vigneron who was a co-founder of Conterno-Fantino in 1982 (with Claudio Conterno and Guido Fantino) before leaving in 2000 — produced his first wines under his own label in 2003 from his Monforte d'Alba estate, with son Stefano now alongside. Le Coste di Monforte is a single MGA sitting on classic Monforte soils, and 2019 is a benchmark Barolo vintage: ripe but cool-nerved, with patience baked in. Long macerations and big Slavonian oak give a wine of old-school cut and clarity — sour cherry, dried rose, tar and a fine grip of tannin. Drink it now over slow-braised meats or stash it for a decade; it'll reward either choice. Among the best values in serious Monforte Barolo today.
