A sleek style, featuring cherry, plum, iron, coffee ground and tobacco flavors allied to a dense matrix of tannins. Turns even more tense and sinewy on the finish, where earth and tobacco accents echo. Best from 2025 through 2043. 1,250 cases made, 375 cases imported.

The Paolo Conterno 2018 Barolo Ginestra is a little muddled in appearance with a hint of grayish garnet. The wine's color may not be totally luminous, but the bouquet is quite articulate with wild berry, aniseed, licorice and blood orange. There is a pronounced layered of oak spice at the back (following extended aging in traditional botti) that will need more time to integrate. The wine ends with a combination of sour cherry, dusty limestone earth and 15% alcohol. Some 16,000 bottles were made.