Ceretto, Barolo Brunate, 1989 new product supple wines built for medium-term

supple wines built for medium-term enjoyment rather than long-haul cellaring

Founded 1977 by twin brothers Ted and Terry Casteel with their wives

The altitude shows in the wine's lift and minerality

Single-vineyard Napa Cab Franc from vines planted in 1978

destemmed with short maceration

Ceretto, Barolo Brunate, 1989 new product supple wines built for medium-termBrunate is one of Barolo's most celebrated crus, a powerful, perfumed La Morra site, and Ceretto farms several hectares of it. The 1989 vintage is widely regarded as one of Piedmont's greatest, a year of near perfect ripeness and structure, which makes this a benchmark bottle now in graceful maturity. Expect classic Nebbiolo power softening into tertiary complexity. From a private cellar, so storage varies; decant carefully and savor.