Paolo Scavino, Barolo Monvigliero, 2008 SFCOUNT010925 Light floral aromatics complement the

Light floral aromatics complement the whiskey's gentle

Serve slightly cool with grilled meats or rich vegetable dishes

approaches vodka with the same attention to detail as their acclaimed gins and whiskeys

he took full control in 2007

Cortona is the only Italian appellation where Syrah is the signature grape—a legacy of Napoleonic-era plantings and terroir that researchers have shown mirrors the northern Rhone

Paolo Scavino, Barolo Monvigliero, 2008 SFCOUNT010925 Light floral aromatics complement theMonvigliero 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,