Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 California roasted espresso bean

roasted espresso bean

caramel and sweet coffee touches - so inviting

There’s plenty of depth and exceptional power to this wine

singed tobacco

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Cascina Francia 2004 California roasted espresso bean98 points Vinous The 2004 Barolo Cascina Francia boasts staggering depth and explosive intensity from the very first taste. One of the most brooding, backward 2004s, the Cascina Francia is one of the only wines in this vintage that I am slightly disappointed to have opened, as it is so intensely backward. Hints of sage, tobacco, menthol, rose petal and graphite open up in the glass, recalling just how mesmerizing the 2004 was in cask. At once silky,