Winemaker Notes
From a single, historical vineyard located in the Castelletto cru in Monforte d’Alba. Vines were planted in 1969 and 1986 at an elevation of 350 m (1148 ft) with a southeastern exposure.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
One of the richer, rounder and more mouth-filling Barolos, this expansive wine fills its nicely firm structure with intricate layers of red cherries, orange peel, raspberry and cedar. While full-bodied and broad in texture, it has the signature fine-grained tannins for improvement with time. Best from 2029 and beyond.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2020 Barolo Vigna Pressenda is medium ruby in color and brings forward detailed and elegant notes of raspberries, leather, and fresh roses, as well as umami porcini tones. Approachable and refined, this medium-bodied Barolo is all about finesse. It has a wide drinking window ahead of it, and its fantastic stony texture and ultrafine tannins will allow it to cruise gracefully over the next 12-15 years.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Conterno Fantino 2020 Barolo Castelletto Vigna Pressenda shows rich dark fruit, licorice, spa cedar and sweet oak spice. There is a certain fullness to the palate with a hint of vanilla extract, with sweet blueberry cream and cherry pie. The tannins carry a slightly toasted note, but they remain fine grained and nicely integrated overall.
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Wine Spectator
Clearly defined fruit flavors give this red accessibility. Cherry, strawberry, raspberry, hibiscus, earth and menthol notes are backed by a dense matrix of tannins.
Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo, named for the ubiquitous autumnal fog (called nebbia in Italian), is the star variety of northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area, as well as in the neighboring Valle d’Aosta and Valtellina, it reaches its highest potential in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. Outside of Italy, growers are still very much in the experimentation stage but some success has been achieved in parts of California. Somm Secret—If you’re new to Nebbiolo, start with a charming, wallet-friendly, early-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba.
