Margherita Otto, Barolo, 2017 reasonable_cellar_2022 Charles Joguet pioneered single-vineyard Chinon

Charles Joguet pioneered single-vineyard Chinon and fundamentally shaped how we understand Loire Cabernet Franc

and Arinto—sourced from old vines planted in high-altitude

the 2020 is even more of a statement piece—bigger bottle

with aromas of black cherry

and almost no sulfur

Margherita Otto, Barolo, 2017 reasonable_cellar_2022 Charles Joguet pioneered single-vineyard ChinonThe Margherita Otto project belongs to Alan Manley, an American who relocated to Piedmont, spent years working alongside Maria Teresa Mascarello in the cellar of Bartolo Mascarello, and in 2015 launched his own tiny estate. Like Mascarello, he makes a single Barolo blended in continuous fermentation across vineyards in Monforte (near Ginestra), Castiglione Falletto (Pernanno), and additional plots added in 2018 a classic assemblaggio Barolo at a