Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 Pinot Noir Elegant and wonderfully precise

Elegant and wonderfully precise

thanks to vines that are more than a century old

10/2009 (RP)

75 percent and this seems quite accurate

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 Pinot Noir Elegant and wonderfully precise98 points Vinous The 2004 Barolo Cascina Francia boasts staggering depth and explosive intensity from the very first taste. One of the most brooding, backward 2004s, the Cascina Francia is one of the only wines in this vintage that I am slightly disappointed to have opened, as it is so intensely backward. Hints of sage, tobacco, menthol, rose petal and graphite open up in the glass, recalling just how mesmerizing the 2004 was in cask. At once silky,