What is Barolo Chinato wine?

Barolo Chinato is a sweet wine for the end of a meal or for meditation, an aromatic wine produced from the classic Barolo DOCG wine to which sugar, alcohol and certain spices are added, including China Calisaia bark as well as Rhubarb, Gentian root, Cardamom seeds and other spices and aromas jealously guarded by each producer.
China Calisaia, from which the term 'Chinato' derives, is a plant of Peruvian origin whose fruit has a dark red colour tending towards rust with brown hues. From the bark of the China Calisaia an essence is extracted which is believed to counteract the negative effects of flu symptoms and this is the initial property that gave birth to this wine.
Born at the end of the 19th century thanks to the pharmacist Giuseppe Cappellano, in the first years of life it was consumed hot and steaming, as a cure for small colds and other ailments, nothing to do with what we know today, a wine to accompany a dessert towards the end of the meal. In the years that followed, wine changed the way it was tasted and sipped with different historical phases that saw its period of least success at the turn of the world wars. At that time, wine was often produced using wines from unsuccessful years or blended from lesser grape varieties, which alienated many consumers. Today, that wine, born at the behest of a pharmacist, has been re-evaluated and brought back to its origins. Barolo Chinato is paired with sweet dishes and goes perfectly with bitter chocolate, or dry biscuits made with dried fruit or almonds, bitter almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts. 
Barolo Chinato is a very different wine from Barolo DOCG and cannot be compared in terms of combinations, aromas and flavours, they are two different wines.
Barolo Chinato is a sweet wine produced exclusively in Piedmont, in the heart of the typical Barolo production area and sees its genesis in Serralunga d'Alba.
The average alcohol content of Barolo Chinato is 15-16%.

Can Barolo Chinato be tasted and paired correctly with savoury dishes?
Pairing it with savoury dishes is not the ideal way to enjoy Barolo Chinato, but you can find gratification by pairing it with mature, blue-veined, medium-flavoured cheeses.