Cappellano - Barolo Chinato - 2016

The Cappellano family recipe for Chinato is, unsurprisingly, a jealously guarded secret. You’ll detect notes of licorice, ginger, cloves, vanilla, rhubarb, and orange peel, all of which are layered in with the dried cherry fruit and “tar and roses” character of Nebbiolo from Barolo. Aged in barrel and lightly sweetened, its combination of elevated alcohol and sweetness lends it a long, but not indefinite, shelf life once opened.