Barolo Cannubi

Cannubi sits at the geological seam of Barolo - the only cru in the appellation where the Tortonian Sant'Agata fossil marls of the western communes meet the older Helvetian sediments of the eastern ones. The Burlotto parcel is a small 0.7 hectares on the central crest of the hill, around 250 m, with south-east exposure that catches a soft morning sun. Sand and silt dominate over clay here, with a meaningful limestone fraction, and the resulting wines lean to perfume and elegance rather than weight: cherry, rose, violet, and a fine, almost weightless tannin on the palate.

Vinification follows the estate's traditional template - manual harvest, fermentation in open French oak vats, gentle gravity transfers, long maceration with daily punching down and pumping over, and ageing in large old botti rather than barriques.

The 2020 growing season in the Langhe began cool and wet, with hail in June striking parts of La Morra and Verduno (Cannubi itself, in Barolo commune, was unaffected). A balanced summer followed - sunny but rarely above 35 °C, punctuated by cooling rain - and harvest brought ripe, healthy fruit. Production of the 2020 Cannubi was around 4,000 bottles.