Domenico Clerico, Barolo Briccotto, 2008 ImgResized made by a producer with

made by a producer with the respect to step aside

The Riserva sees five-plus years of cask

and Gevrey

Nicolas Renaud farms old-vine parcels organically in the Gard

then three to four years of aging in foudre on fine lees without disturbance—patience defines this natural wine pioneer's approach

Domenico Clerico, Barolo Briccotto, 2008 ImgResized made by a producer withDomenico Clerico's revived Bussia cru bottling, in a classical vintage. Briccotto is a parcel in Bussia (Monforte) that Clerico had folded into his Nebbiolo based Arte for years; in 2008 he reintroduced it as a single vineyard Barolo, bottled only in magnum from that vintage. Clerico, who passed in 2017, was a defining modernist pioneer; longtime collaborator winemaker Oscar Arrivabene and Clerico's widow Giuliana carry the estate forward. The 2008