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the point isn’t varietal character—it’s harmony and feel
This is a wine to lay down - the 2016 has the balance and backbone to age for decades
Aged in French oak that stays in the background
to change a single thing about how he makes wine
Today Ted's daughter Mimi leads viticulture
Giacomo Borgogno & Figli, Barolo Chinato Stravecchio, NV (1L) so032025 anne sophie dubois 2023s the point isn’t varietal character—it’sBarolo Chinato started life as medicine. In the 1800s Piedmontese pharmacists steeped quinine bearing cinchona bark (china) into wine to fight fevers, and the locals, being sensible people, kept drinking it long after they stopped being sick. Borgogno has been making wine in the town of Barolo since 1761, and their Chinato begins with real Barolo, infused with cinchona bark plus a house recipe of roots, barks and spices, then lightly sweetened.
