This entry-tier Anjou Blanc comes from roughly 35-year-old vines on grey schist and rhyolite
This is a wine to lay down - the 2016 has the balance and backbone to age for decades
Today Ted's daughter Mimi leads viticulture
but it still keeps that fresh
the point isn’t varietal character—it’s harmony and feel
Giacomo Borgogno & Figli, Barolo Chinato Stravecchio, NV (1L) so032025 anne sophie dubois 2023s This entry-tier Anjou Blanc comesBarolo 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.