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Giacomo Conterno is an Italian wine producer from the Piemonte region in the district of Langhe. From a winery located in Monforte d'Alba, the Barolo and Barbera wines are made by traditionalist methods and are widely considered among the finest produced in the Barolo zone.〔Asimov, Eric, ''The New York Times'' (April 5, 2010). (A Rare Tasting of Conterno Barolos )〕〔O'Keefe, Kerin, ''The Wine News'' (October/November 2008). (Safeguarding Barolo )〕〔Kramer, Matt, ''Wine Spectator'' (May 18, 2010). (Belief in Barbera )〕〔Cooke, Jo, ''Wine Spectator'' (February 20, 2004). (Piedmont Vintner Giovanni Conterno Dies )〕〔Suckling, James, ''Wine Spectator'' (January 31, 2005). (The Great, the Good and the Ugly in Piedmont )〕〔Sanderson, Bruce, ''Wine Spectator'' (December 5, 2007). (A Barolo Icon )〕〔Beltrami, Edward, ''The Wine News'' (October/November 1997). (Italy's Quintessential Wines )〕〔Yarrow, Alder, vinography.com (June 27, 2009). (Giacomo Conterno Barolo and Barbera: Italy's Greatest Wines? )〕 ==History== From unclear descriptions of its origin, the Cantine Giacomo Conterno production of Barolo may have begun in 1908 with the founding of Giovanni Conterno's tavern in San Giuseppe near Monforte d'Alba, or after his son Giacomo Conterno returned from service in World War I, with the first Barolo riserva either bottled in 1912 or 1920.〔polanerselections.com (Giacomo Conterno )〕 Notwithstanding, Conterno coming from a family with viticultural roots in the region going back to the 18th century,〔 is considered one of the first small Barolo producers to bottle an own wine, beginning in the 1920s during a time when Barolo was normally sold in cask or demijohn and intended for early drinking.〔〔 Giovanni Conterno died in 1934 and Giacomo Conterno created a Barolo with vast aging potential, named Monfortino for the home village Monforte d’Alba. For 54 years two Barolos, a ''normale'' and riserva, were produced from purchased grapes, made by the motto that a Barolo at the time of bottling should be "undrinkable", though be a great bottle after twenty, thirty, forty years.〔〔 Giacomo Conterno's sons, Giovanni and Aldo Conterno, formally took over the estate in 1961. With the older Giovanni Conterno already responsible for winemaking since the 1959 vintage, Aldo Conterno eventually parted over conflicting winemaking philosophies with his brother, and founded his own estate Poderi Aldo Conterno in 1969.〔 While Giacomo Conterno wines represent the strictly traditional Barolo winemaking philosophy,〔〔 Aldo Conterno too shares the view that the "modernist" approach of using small ''barriques'' in combination with shorter maceration times undermines the character of Barolo and add a vanillin sweetness to the wine that overrides the inherent fruit of the nebbiolo.〔Maresca, Tom, ''The Wine News'' (October/November 2002). (Spotlight on Barolo )〕 In 1974 Giovanni Conterno purchased the Cascina Francia vineyard in Serralunga, bringing an end to the era of purchasing fruit from local farmers. The first vintage of wine made from own vineyard was 1978,〔 though the name Cascina Francia did not appear on the label of the ''normale'' until the 1980 vintage.〔 Giovanni Conterno's youngest son Roberto began to work by his father's side in 1988,〔 and after Giovanni Conterno died at 75 in February 2004,〔〔McCathy, Ed, ''Wine Review Online'' (February 21, 2006). (Five Stars in Piedmont )〕 Roberto Conterno continued the family industry in the strict traditionalist fashion.〔〔 In 2008 Roberto Conterno purchased a vineyard in Serralunga’s Cerretta, from which wine is produced beginning with the 2009 vintage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giacomo Conterno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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