Taste
Rose petal,blood orange,sage,mint,crushed red berries;focused,taut,driving,energetic
- BrandDamilano
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- TypeRed Wine
- Size750ml
- ABV 14%
- Grapes Nebbiolo
- Winemaking Unfiltered or unfined
- Winemaking Native yeast or wild fermented
- SKU 210000049188
Grapes & winemaking
- Grapes
- 100% Nebbiolo
- Winemaking
- Unfiltered ; Native yeast ; Unfined
- Aging
- 42 months botti;6months bottle
Cappellano is an Italian winery in Piedmont making high-quality Barolo wines in the Serralunga d'Alba commune. The Cappellano family was influential in Serralunga d'Alba, as well as in the greater Piedmont wine industry, and now the largest square in the parish carries their name: Piazza Cappellano.
Previously called Dott. G. Cappellano, or Dr. Giuseppe Cappellano, the estate was founded in 1870 with an initial 60 hectares (150 acres) of land. It gained prominence in 1889, having featured at a Paris wine exhibition in a time when French producers were threatened by the spread of phylloxera.
In the early 1900s, Cappellano was well known for Barolo Chinato – the fortified wine made from Nebbiolo and infused with quinine bark and spices. Things deteriorated after World War II, however, and vineyards were sold off to other Piedmont producers.