In the glass
What it pairs with
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Braised beef cheek
Long-braised collagen melts against the firm Serralunga tannin. -
Tajarin with white truffle
Truffle resonates with the wine's savoury depth. -
Aged Bra cheese
Hard alpine cheese mirrors the mineral spine.
History
Cascina Francia is Giacomo Conterno's estate Barolo from the Serralunga vineyard purchased in 1974, first bottled at the end of the 1970s and regarded as a benchmark of classic Barolo.
- 1978 — First Cascina Francia Barolo from the estate's Serralunga vineyard
Facts
- Producer
- Giacomo Conterno
- Grapes
- Nebbiolo (100%)
- Classification
- Barolo DOCG
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 250 to 500 at retail
- Drinking window
- 12 to 40 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1978