1982 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra

Domenico Clerico' s 1982 Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra more than holds its own in this flight of 1982s, which is high praise indeed. The wine is worth all of that admiration, and more. In the early 1980s Clerico worked with very rustic means. The wines were made in an outdoor shack outside Clerico's house. The 1982 did is malolactic fermentation in used casks Clerico purchased from Aldo Conterno was aged in reconditioned beer barrels that were common in Piedmont at the time. But Ginestra is a great site, and aside from meticulous farming, it doesn't need much, as this wine clearly attests. Still in fabulous shape, Clerico's 1982 is a monument of the greatness of Barolo. Wow!