Lorenzo Accomasso Barolo Annunziata Riserva 2017 ALTCALI lean into a Bordelais frame:

lean into a Bordelais frame: half Cabernet Sauvignon

These wines deserve to be better known than they are

This is a great sipping sake but also a wonderful companion to scallops

the Campania winemaker who happens to also be one of Italy's most influential professors of oenology at the University of Naples Federico II

Lorenzo Accomasso Barolo Annunziata Riserva 2017 ALTCALI lean into a Bordelais frame:Lorenzo 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 budged in decades: very low yields, long fermentations, and years of aging in big old casks, market trends be damned. His wines are almost unknown to the broader Barolo world, but those who know them prize them as some of the purest expressions of village and vineyard you can find. This Riserva