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Walter Speller
Wednesday 13 June 2012
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See the Nebbiolo guide for more articles and tasting notes from the 2012 Nebbiolo Prima, as well as more in-depth tastings at some interesting estates.

The history of Barolo cannot be told without mentioning Fontanafredda. With an annual production of 6.5 million bottles, this historic estate, by sheer volume alone, is one of the region's key players, while its past links it directly to the House of Savoy. Fontanafredda lies in a secluded valley surrounded by an amphitheatre of vines right by the road leading to Serralunga, its orange and ochre striped buildings impossible to overlook. Those stripes, by the...