Lorenzo Accomasso Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva 2018 SPCALIFORNIA and a bit more clay

and a bit more clay in the soil lends richness without dulling the salinity

Pierre Menard is one of Anjou's most thoughtful young naturalists

5 years old

and turning out around fifteen thousand bottles a year

Lorenzo Accomasso Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva 2018 SPCALIFORNIA and a bit more clayLorenzo Accomasso is one of Barolo's last true legends, a fiercely traditional grower in La Morra working barely three hectares with a philosophy that hasn't changed in decades: very low yields, long fermentations, and years in big old casks. This is his flagship cru: Rocche dell'Annunziata, one of La Morra's greatest sites, prized for limestone clay soils that give Nebbiolo extraordinary perfume and finesse. As a Riserva, it sees years of aging in