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Fratelli Alessandria Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno 2021

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San Lorenzo's hill yields Barolo of elegant femininity—finer and more refined than its neighboring crus. At 240-260 meters on south-facing slopes, 30-year-old vines produce a wine aged three years in large oak casks followed by six months in bottle before release. The 2021 vintage benefited from even summer conditions, yielding structure and subtlety ready to evolve gracefully over a decade.

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The small village of Verduno is the home of Pelaverga, but less than a dozen local producers have stayed true to Verduno’s special grape. It’s this sun-bleached hamlet, kissed by the breezes coming off the river Tanaro, that the Alessandria family calls home.

The Alessandria "brothers" have been farming grapes and making Barolo in the ancient village of Verduno since the 1800's. Indeed they and some of their neighbors were among the very first to bottle the dry, complex and age-worthy Nebbiolo that Barolo is now famous for. Today, the actual brothers are Gian Battista and Alessandro, with Alessandro's son Vittore increasingly at the helm, and they work together much the same as their family has for generations.

Farming is crucial: they use organic principles in all of their 30 hectares of vineyards.

Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 96
"The 2021 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno is a wine of translucence, elegance and finesse. Bright acids cut through a core of red/purplish fruit, chalk, slate, crushed rocks and white pepper. Rose petal, blood orange peel and mint resonate on the high-toned, intensely saline finish. San Lorenzo is often a potent Barolo, but in 2021, it comes across as especially finessed." -Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

RP 94
"This wine was introduced in 1997 and was the first single-vineyard expression from this MGA site. The Fratelli Alessandria 2021 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno (with 5,000 bottles created) has a sweet side with nutmeg and tobacco, but it also presents a solid core of cherry fruit and blackcurrant. This nicely balanced expression has more accessible tannins for medium-term drinking." -Monica Larner

Wine Enthusiast

WE 94
"Ripe wild strawberries and black cherries soar from the glass, chased by dried black tea, sweet anise, and a garden's worth of thyme and marjoram. Pure class runs through this thoroughbred. The fruit and fine tannins play off each other like old friends, rolling into a savory finish that'll make you wish you bought more. Drink from 2027"

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy , Fruity , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied