Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Brunate la Coste, 1999 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties Magnum of La Vigne Cendrée

Magnum of La Vigne Cendrée — "The Ashen Vine" — Boudignon's south-facing

with long hang times and beautifully preserved acidity

embodying nearly a century of craftsmanship

Casteel brings deep Willamette Valley experience to Hope Well

The 2022 captures the grape’s aromatic intensity and natural richness

Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Brunate la Coste, 1999 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties Magnum of La Vigne CendréeThe cult traditionalist blend before the law killed it. From 2010 onward, EU rules forced producers to bottle single crus separately, but in 1999 Beppe Rinaldi was still combining roughly 60% Brunate and 40% Le Coste into one Barolo, a blend Beppe himself introduced in 1993. This is the classical Rinaldi expression that built the cult: two parcels speaking together, neither louder than the other. 1999 was a great classical vintage, and at 26 years on,