Barolo
Elio Altare

Barolo


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
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2017
1x1.5L
DP
£114.41

2018
75cl
DP
£53.21

2018
6x75cl
DP
£319.22

2018
6x75cl
DP
£319.22

2018
1x1.5L
DP
£114.41

En primeur

En Primeur
The following wines are either En Primeur or Ex-Chateau and currently abroad awaiting shipment to the UK. These wines are subject to final confirmation from the Justerini & Brooks team.


2020
6x75cl
EP
£275.00

2020
6x75cl
EP
£275.00

2020
1x1.5L
EP
£100.00

2020
1x1.5L
EP
£100.00


Elio Altare, Barolo, 2017

2017

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Elio Altare, Barolo, 2017

The most wonderful luminescent red colour, a trait that is echoed on the palate with its shimmering red berry and cherry characteristics. Ripe, but even-keeled and with a crunchy freshness to it, this is a finely balanced wine that offers fantastically crisp, clean edges to its joy-filled, refined fruit. Since losing the La Morra component of this vineyard they are now down to a production of only 8,000 bottles (from 12,000.) A blend of fruit from Barolo, Serralunga and Castiglione Falletto. Aged for 24 months in 20 percent new oak.

Maturity:
Keep
ABV:
13.5%
92/100
Susan Hulme, The Wine Independent

On the palate, the 2017 Elio Atare Barolo has a very round, soft, full and velvety first impression. The tannins are quite fine and nicely integrated into the body of the wine but are a little dry on the finish which is often the case in 2017, but here they give just a little grip. The aromas and flavors are more smoky, spicy with meaty notes. The wine feels big and bold but with no hard edges and the 15% alcohol is not intrusive. Wait two to three years and drink for up to 20 years.
Date Reviewed:
07/2022
93/100
Antonio Galloni, Vinous

The 2017 Barolo is absolutely impeccable and shows why Altare remains at the top of the pack. Silky, aromatic and alluring, the 2017 is exquisitely beautiful. It is a bit lighter in body than usual, but that is very much in keeping with the style of the year. Crushed flowers, sweet red berries and rose petal grace the silky finish. The straight Barolo isa blend of sites in La Morra, Castiglione Falletto and Novello.
Date Reviewed:
02/2021

specifications

country:
Italy

region:
Piedmont

Appellation:

Producer:
Elio Altare

style:

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Elio Altare

Elio Altare

Elio has done Piedmont wines a great service over the last two decades. Not only has the outstanding quality of his delightful ‘La Morra’ Barolo wines raised Piedmont’s profile, but he has taken many younger growers, such as Marco Marengo, under his wing giving them advice and instilling confidence in them to make and bottle their own wines. Elio’s production of modern style Burgundy-influenced Barolos is, alas, miniature, meaning many of the Cru Barolos sell out before they even reach our list. Always experimenting and looking to perfect his art, Elio makes some stunning wine outside of his strong Barolo portfolio, including the old vines single vineyard Larigi Barbera and the Barbera Nebbiolo blend, La Villa. As Elio steps ever closer to full retirement, his talented daughter Silvia has taken greater control of wine production, carrying on the estate's concept of producing "modern classics." One of Silvia's recent initiatives was to produce the uno per uno cuvée, a staggeringly labour intense wine produced by cutting berries (selecting from the estate's best plots) off of their stalks for whole berry fermentation. The result is one of the modern day greats of Barolo. Their flagship wine, the Barolo blend, undergoes a short fermentation of up to a week, followed by ageing in used oak barriques for 2 years, the same method applies to the Cru Barolos apart from the fact that there is some new oak - anything up to 30%. The langhe wines are all aged for a shorter time, 12-6 months, in 100% new oak. Despite these modern methods oak or alcohol are not at all the feature of these wines you'd expect. Rather they are packed with vivid character, offer silky textures and are some of the most intense wines Piedmont has to offer. Viticulture is organic and sulphur usuage is incredibly low. These are some of the most honest, pure and environmentally friendly wines in the region.

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