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"Nebbiolo has amazing qualities, but generosity isn't always one of them," says Tom Myers, a single-minded Kiwi who sold future allocations of his as yet unmade Barolos in order to raise money to start his domaine, Cantina d'Arcy. With the help of their mutual friends at Rinaldi, Tom and his pal Philine Isabelle Dienger signed a lease on 1.2ha of Barolo's 'Preda' Cru in 2019, dividing the vines between them to establish their own estates.Tom had previously worked at some of the world's top domaines – Alain Graillot, Thomas Bouley, Hubert Lamy, Marquis D'Angerville, Rinaldi – and produced his first vintage in Piedmont in 2020. Deeply rooted in local winemaking traditions, he uses open-top containers, natural yeast fermentations and large barrels to craft open and inviting wines full of pure fruit and bright acidity."My favourite ever wines, from Domaine Leroy and Soldera, are all immediately generous and intellectually stimulating – so I asked myself what I had to do with Nebbiolo to get that kind of experience," he says.The first releases of his sumptuous and precise Barolo, not to mention a very fine Langhe Nebbiolo and Dolcetto d'Alba, suggest that Tom is already honing in on his ambitious goal.

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