2021 Pira, Enrico (Chiara Boschis) - Barolo Mosconi (750ml)

Chiara Boschis is recognized as the first female winemaker in the Langhe, having taken over the historic E. Pira estate in Barolo in 1990. She had convinced her parents to mortgage their finances to buy the winery back in 1981, after its last male heir, Luigi Pira, died without children. Part of the generation of friends later dubbed the "Barolo Boys," she brought green harvesting, shorter fermentations, and French barriques into a domaine steeped in centuries of tradition. Her brother, Giorgio, joined in 2010, bringing decades of his own experience and helping expand the estate to eleven hectares across Barolo, Monforte d'Alba, and Serralunga d'Alba; Chiara converted the property to organic farming that same year and has since led efforts to bring the entire Cannubi cru into organic practice.

Mosconi is one of Chiara's more recent acquisitions in Monforte d'Alba, an old-vine parcel she purchased after learning it was becoming available, having long admired the site through a friend who sourced his own celebrated Barolo there. Sitting at a cool 370 to 400 meters on calcareous clay marl interlaced with sandstone, the vineyard reliably produces some of the estate's most structured, mineral-driven wine. Sourced from the oldest plot within Mosconi and fermented with indigenous yeast, this bottling ages two years in barrique before further time in bottle.

Expect dark cherry, plum, and blue fruit layered with lavender, spice, leather, and menthol, framed by firm, chiseled tannins and stony minerality. It's built for the cellar and pairs beautifully with braised beef, game, or aged hard cheeses like Castelmagno.