Vietti Barolo Monvigliero 2021 (3L) EARHARDT at just 13

at just 13

Paul John distills in Goa

Montrachet Grand Cru represents the pinnacle—and Comtes Lafon's 2021 is a candidate for wine of the vintage

It'll drink beautifully now with air

Drawn from a perpetual solera started in 2006 and built from all four parcels of the Largillier vineyard

Vietti Barolo Monvigliero 2021 (3L) EARHARDT at just 13Verduno sits at the northern edge of Barolo, well away from the fame of La Morra and Serralunga, and for decades that kept it a specialist's secret. Monvigliero is the reason that changed. The hill runs due south on a steep, pale, calcareous slope, and it makes Barolo built on perfume and lift rather than brawn rose and red fruit over a frame that feels almost weightless right up until the tannins arrive. Vietti is one of the houses that made cru