Paolo Scavino, Barolo Monvigliero, 2008 CHAMPCOUNT2026 Clos Floridène is a benchmark

Clos Floridène is a benchmark name in white Bordeaux—founded by the legendary Denis Dubourdieu

Compared to his Fleurie

Blood orange

limited to 4

lifted Francia

Paolo Scavino, Barolo Monvigliero, 2008 CHAMPCOUNT2026 Clos Floridène is a benchmarkMonvigliero is effectively the grand cru of Verduno, a famously perfumed, elegant Barolo site, and Paolo Scavino, the producer who helped pioneer single vineyard Barolo, has farmed it as its own cru since acquiring the parcel. Calcareous, pale soils and cool air drawn off the Tanaro river give this Nebbiolo soft tannins, vivid red fruit and an almost floral lift, and Monvigliero tends to drink earlier than other Barolos. The 2008 was a classic,