2018 Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo, Brunate

Rinaldi’s wines represent an era in time and are still being made in the traditional manner they have always been made. These wines are long-lived and require time. Although highly influential in the years before his death, his daughters, Marta and Carlotta Rinaldi now assume control of the winery and Beppe's vision. They remain fiercely committed to their father's "ultra-traditionalist" philosophy. It was not until 2010 that Giuseppe Rinaldi began bottling single vineyard Brunate, and it was not because he wanted to. This date is significant in Piedmontese history because it marks the end of an era for the estate and a forced change in their traditionalist philosophy due to European Union and DOCG labeling regulations. Starting with the 2010 vintage, the estate was forced to split their production from the Brunate and Le Coste vineyards into two separate bottlings. Barolo Brunate became a single-vineyard expression (technically containing at least 85% Brunate to satisfy the legal naming requirements).