Fratelli Alessandria "San Lorenzo di Verduno" Barolo DOCG

This is my favorite wine from this producer, my friend Vittore.  This is not the richest, nor the flashiest, nor the darkest, nor the most tannic...but, to me, this wine is just about perfect...every year.  Again, this year, my friend hand-bottled magnums of this wine, something he has not previously done but for just last year.  They are exclusively ours.  You should treat yourself.

“Rich, bold and effusive, the 2017 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno shows the darker side of Nebbiolo from Verduno, as it always does. Black cherry, gravel, licorice, game, spice and cured meats are some of the many aromas and flavors that develop in the glass. Broad and ample, with tons of punch, the 2017 San Lorenzo delivers the goods, and then some.” 95 Points, Antonio Galloni, February 2021; 94 Points, Monica Larner Wine Advocate, June 2021

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“Vittore Alessandria's 2017 Barolos are among the finest wines of the vintage. Consistency is always a hallmark of top estates, and that is exactly what readers will find here. Alessandria's 2017s are deep, fleshy and full of character. The 2017s spent 30-35  days on the skins, with extended maceration in which the cap is floating, but not totally submerged. The malolactic fermentation was in steel, after which the wines were racked into cask and then bottled with 34 months in oak. "The challenge was keeping temperatures low in fermentation to help extend the ferments and retain as much freshness as possible," Alessandria told me. "Excess drought was more of an issue than the heat. Harvest was about 25 days ahead of 2016. Analytically, the 2017s are similar to the 2015s.". -Antonio Galloni, February 2021