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Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Riserva Monfortino

Made only in selected years and aged about seven years in large cask: Barolo's most collectible wine.

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Monfortino is Giacomo Conterno's riserva, produced only in vintages the family selects from the Cascina Francia vineyard (and Arione from 2015), aged around seven years in Slavonian oak. Production is reported at 6,000–8,000 bottles in declared years.

Made by
Giacomo Conterno
From
Barolo, Piedmont
Style
RedNebbiolo
Bottles made in a typical year
7.0K
The kind of wine

Barolo single-cru

A top Barolo from one famous vineyard in north-west Italy. It is made from the Nebbiolo grape and rests for more than three years before it is sold.

What a bottle like this costs to make

A glass of brick-red wine on an old cask in a brick cellar of very large oak casks

Good years and bad

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

2015201420132010200820062005200420022001
ExceptionalExcellentVery goodGoodMixedDifficult
The essentials

The wine and its economics

Monfortino is Giacomo Conterno's riserva, produced only in vintages the family selects from the Cascina Francia vineyard (and Arione from 2015), aged around seven years in Slavonian oak. Production is reported at 6,000–8,000 bottles in declared years.

Every year in a tableHow each year was rated, and the price the producer first asked
VintageHow the year was ratedRelease priceHow rare (0–100)The growing season
2015Very Good — 85
2014Mixed — 85
2013Excellent — 86
2010Exceptional — 87Long, cool growing season; a classic structured vintage widely rated the best of the…
2008Very Good — 87
2006Very Good — 88
2005Good — 88
2004Excellent — 88
2002Difficult — 88
2001Excellent — 89
 Release price is what the producer first asked for a bottle. A dash means no price was published.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $21–$82 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $21 to $82 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

ComponentLowHigh
Imputed land cost$4.91$27.43
Vineyard operations$2.38$5.88
Oak barrels$0.12$0.51
Winemaking labour and cellar work$2.50$5.00
Cellar aging$2.56$7.20
Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling$3.90$10.40
Winery overhead$2.50$6.00
Financing over the aging period$2.42$19.66
Estimated winery production cost$21.28$82.08
 One standard bottle, at the winery door. Built in US dollars and shown in your chosen currency.

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Recent auction resultsWhat bottles of this wine fetched when collectors sold them
Sale dateVintageHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Jun 20262014Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 4626 × 75 cl≈$5,575≈$929 with premium
Jun 20262013Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 4616 × 75 cl≈$5,575≈$929 with premium
Jun 20262008Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 4602 × 75 cl≈$1,911≈$956 with premium
Jun 20262005Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 4591 × 150 cl≈$1,593≈$1,593 with premium
Jun 20262004Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 45812 × 75 cl≈$12,743≈$1,062 with premium
Jun 20262002Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 4571 × 150 cl≈$2,071≈$2,071 with premium
Jun 20262001Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 4561 × 150 cl≈$1,911≈$1,911 with premium
Jun 20262015Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online Day 2: Featuring a Collection Direct from González Byass (sale 25045) · lot 10453 × 75 cl≈$2,480≈$827 with premium
Jun 20262014Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online Day 2: Featuring a Collection Direct from González Byass (sale 25045) · lot 10443 × 75 cl≈$2,480≈$827 with premium
Jun 20262013Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online Day 2: Featuring a Collection Direct from González Byass (sale 25045) · lot 10433 × 75 cl≈$2,646≈$882 with premium
Jun 20262010Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online Day 2: Featuring a Collection Direct from González Byass (sale 25045) · lot 10423 × 75 cl≈$3,969≈$1,323 with premium
Dec 20252001Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting, Day II (sale 24692) · lot 6521 × 75 cl$1,375$1,375 with premium
 Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

All lots on record

The detailsClassification, grapes, bottle sizes and the rest
Producer
Giacomo Conterno
Region
Piedmont
Appellation
Barolo
Classification
Barolo DOCG Riserva
Style
Red
Grape composition
Nebbiolo100%
Bottle sizes
750 · 1500 ml
Bottles made in a typical year
7,000 bottlesTrade reporting ≈ 6,000–8,000 bottles in declared years
First vintage made
1924
Great years
4 of 10 rated excellent or exceptional

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Sources

  1. Giacomo Conterno, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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