Domenico Clerico, Barolo Briccotto, 2008 ImgResized Versatile at the table and

Versatile at the table and built to drink well now or evolve for a few years

and Gevrey

or the wilder corners of the Northern Rhône

terroir-driven approach

then three to four years of aging in foudre on fine lees without disturbance—patience defines this natural wine pioneer's approach

Domenico Clerico, Barolo Briccotto, 2008 ImgResized Versatile at the table andDomenico Clerico's revived Bussia cru bottling, in a classical vintage. Briccotto is a parcel in Bussia (Monforte) that Clerico had folded into his Nebbiolo based Arte for years; in 2008 he reintroduced it as a single vineyard Barolo, bottled only in magnum from that vintage. Clerico, who passed in 2017, was a defining modernist pioneer; longtime collaborator winemaker Oscar Arrivabene and Clerico's widow Giuliana carry the estate forward. The 2008