Anselma Giacomo, Barolo Vigna Rionda, 1998 GROWER The Pillot domaine began in

The Pillot domaine began in 1900 when Jean-Baptiste Pillot

raised in cement to keep the fruit bright and honest rather than dressing it up in oak

slightly sparkly

Their Premier Cru Frémiet vineyard produces quintessential Volnay: elegant

Anselma Giacomo, Barolo Vigna Rionda, 1998 GROWER The Pillot domaine began inAnselma Giacomo's Vigna Rionda from another celebrated classical vintage of the 1990s. This small Serralunga family estate, founded by Felice Anselma and shaped by Giacomo from the 1940s onward, controls a coveted central section of Vigna Rionda, the south facing calcareous clay cru widely regarded as Serralunga's, and arguably Barolo's, most prestigious vineyard. The cellar practice is uncompromisingly traditional: long cement macerations, years in