Re Pira, I was there the day Chiara received new barrels at the urging of
local friends. Dale & I had an old style Pira at my 60th birthday dinner,
We had the 1978 Barolo, I think it was Chiara's first vintage as a winemaker
(with help from her brother Cesare of Borgogno). Chiara paled around with
DeGrazia's barolo boys and she did have some old style barrels which should
have been retired with the 1914 vintage. When Signor Pira drowned himself
in a vat of his own wine, (he did a half-gainer that scored 9.3 by the
French judge),at the widow's request the Boschis family took over the
winemaking. IIRC Chiara at first had the 1978 vintage to perfect and
bottle. (No dirty sweat-socks remarks, please).


"Wildetuinn" > wrote in message
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>
> "Nils Gustaf Lindgren" > schreef in bericht
> ...
> > Hello,
> > This summer we had the pleasure of visiting Barolo, first time ever, not
> > the last though. We visited out-and-out self-proclaimed MAscarello
Bartolo
> > (the daughter, who reigns very much in her father's style), and one of
the
> > numerous Borgogno family (Lodovico) who appeared to be an eclectic
> > in-betweener. However, no modernist. If there are any, today. Are there?
> > BAck a decade or so the differences between traditionalists and
modernists
> > split families and made people build barricades in the streets - well
> > perhaps not barricades, but there were apparently some serious
> > falling-outs. TOday, it appears that the two camps are nearing each
other
> > (Ms MAscarello doesn't use temperature controll, but she does use
> > remontage, e g). So, who is a modernist?
> > Your EU 0.02, please.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Nils Gustaf
>
>
> From a friend of mine
>
>
> Traditionalist Barolo and Barbaresco:
>
>
> Accomasso
> Alessandria, Fratelli
> Ascheri
> Barale, Sergio
> Boasso, Franco - Gabutti
> Borgogno, Giacomo
> Borgogno, Sergio e Battista
> Bovio, Gianfranco
> Brezza
> Brovia
> Cantina del Glincine
> Castello di Verduno
> Cavallotto
> Conterno, Giacomo
> Cortese, Giuseppe
> De Forville
> Fenocchio, Giacomo
> Fenocchio, Riccardo - Pianpolvere Soprano
> Fiorina, Franco
> Giacosa, Bruno
> Giacosa, Fratelli
> La Spinona
> Marcarini
> Mascarello, Bartolo
> Mascarello, Giuseppe/Mauro
> Nada, Fiorenzo
> Oddero
> Piazzo, Armando
> Podere Colla - of Prunotto fame
> Produttori del Barbaresco
> Rinaldi, Giuseppe
> Rinaldi, Francesco
> Roagna, Alfredo and Giovanni - I Paglieri
> Rosso, Gigi
> Scarpa
> Scarzello, Giorgio
> Settimo, Aurelio
> Sobrero
> Terre del Barolo
> Vajra, Aldo
> Voerzio, Giacomo
>
>
> Dualisten: ( traditional and Modern style )
>
>
> Castello de Neive
> Chiarlo, Michele
> Einaudi, Luigi
> Fontanafredda
> Marchesi di Barolo
> Massolino - Vigna Rionda
> Paitin
> Punset
> Rocca, Albino
>
> Syncretists
>
> Producers who wants to preserve the tradionel taste and making the wine
> nevertheless "easier" for example by use of tonneaux or the wine partly
> assemble on barrique and the another part on large barrels (botti) and
> assemble these later.
>
>
> Batasiolo
> Ca'Rome
> Cigliuti
> Conterno, Aldo
> Grasso, Elio
> Manzone, Giovani
> Marchesi di Gresy
> Parusso
> Pertinance, Elvio - Vignaioli
> Sandrone, Luciano
> Voerzio, Gianni,
> Voerzio, Roberto
> Vietti
>
>
> New modernist
> Former traditionals. now fully modernist
>
> Ceretto
> Cogno, Elvio (Of Marcarini fame. Son-in-law has changed the style while
> keeping the name).
> Conterno, Paulo
> Contratto, Giuseppe
> Marengo, Mario
> Monfalletto - Cordero di Montezemolo
> Pelissero
> Pio Cesare
> Pira, Enrico - Chiara Boschis
> Prunotto
> Ratti, Renato
> Scavino, Paolo/Enrico
> Tenuta Carretta
>
> Modernisten
>
> Full modern style
>
>
> Angelo Gaja
> Sottimano
> La Spinetta
> Sandrone
> Domenico Clerico
> Conterno Fantino
>
>