Paolo Scavino, Barolo Monvigliero, 2008 SFCOUNT010925 tropical fruit lift

tropical fruit lift

he took full control in 2007

transformed from almacenista to the only producer operating in all three cities of the Sherry Triangle

From VinePair's 2024 "Winery of the Year"—a cool-climate California Syrah that channels Northern Rhône elegance

and a total refusal to submit the wine to critics for scores

Paolo Scavino, Barolo Monvigliero, 2008 SFCOUNT010925 tropical fruit liftMonvigliero is effectively the grand cru of Verduno, a famously perfumed, elegant Barolo site, and Paolo Scavino, the producer who helped pioneer single vineyard Barolo, has farmed it as its own cru since acquiring the parcel. Calcareous, pale soils and cool air drawn off the Tanaro river give this Nebbiolo soft tannins, vivid red fruit and an almost floral lift, and Monvigliero tends to drink earlier than other Barolos. The 2008 was a classic,