Barolo Chinato

Description

It was towards the end of the 19th century when Giuseppe Cappellano, a pharmacist from Serralunga d'Alba with a shop in Turin, perfected the original recipe for Barolo Chinato, proposing as a 'medicamentoso lenimento e antimalarico' (medicinal and anti-malarial remedy) what would soon become one of the classics of Italian oenology. We speak of a recipe and not of a formula because this great aromatic meditation wine is the child of artisanal wisdom, handed down in our family from generation to generation, which has much to do with knowledge of the land and peasant culture.

Details

Taste

The balance of contrasts, taste-olfactory complexity and interminable persistence make for a wine as seductive as few others, able to stand up to an almost impossible pairing such as dark chocolate.

Serve at:

14 -16 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Producer

Producer

Cappellano

From this winery

• Start up year: 1870

The story of our vineyard begins with my great-great-grandfather, the notary Filippo Cappellano, a rich landowner with a passion for wine, who, at the age of 48, founded the company, bringing together 150 giornate piemontesi (corresponding to about 60 hectares) into one estate of farmland. When he died, his son Giovanni, an enologist, succeeded him in managing the company; he renovated the vineyard, and he built two hotels in Alba and in Serralunga, with all the best facilities available for the tourism of Liguria and Piemonte. He created the famous “grape cure” in Serralunga, establishing a transport service by horse and carriage from the train station of Alba.

My grandfather Francesco Augusto Cappellano, an oenologist, followed his ancestors’ footsteps in passing on the baton to his son Teobaldo, my father, at the end of the 1960s. After his childhood in Eritrea, Teobaldo took the helm of the company and changed it dramatically: much smaller in size and highest quality control, following very specific guidelines.

With his characteristic tact and perseverance, he long fought against the prejudices which afflicted Barolo Chinato. After years of struggle, he succeeded in his intent to reinstate the elixir to the prestige it is entitled to and which boasts now. He accomplished this by jealously protecting, in bad times and in good times, his ancestor’s recipe and the product’s artisanal nature.

And today, while I grind the spices with the very same tools my great-uncle used, I can call myself proud to hold in my own hands the synthesis of a century and a half of my family’s history. Read more

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	Cappellano Barolo Chinato
Type	Red fortified wine dessert wine aromatised
Denomination	Barolo DOCG
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	17.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Nebbiolo
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Cappellano
Production technique	The procedure for its preparation is well known - cinchona calissaia extract mixed with other aromatic herbs, sugar and alcohol are added to the already aged Barolo - while the list of spices used for flavouring remains secret.
Allergens	Contains sulphites