Elio Altare

Barolo, Uno Per Uno, 2020

Name: Barolo, Uno Per Uno
Brand: Elio Altare
Price: 1200 GBP

94/100

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2020
6x75cl
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£1,200.00
2020
1x1.5L
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£450.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

What began as a super-Cannubi is now a super-Classico, representing a cross-section of their best sites, all hand destemmed and co-fermented in barrique. They do three passes over three weeks so that they achieve an even mix of ripeness levels and then the juice is blended. The 2020 feels like a slight departure in style, with a clearer cherry stone, Alpine accent. Rosehip, mint, tobacco and a tense, crisp acidity, it is on the expressive and elegant side. Just 900 bottles were produced.

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Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

94/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2020 Barolo Unoperuno is a blend of top sites, fruit from Cannubi, Arborina, Cerretta, Pernanno, Sarmassa and Bricco Ambrogio, all hand-destemmed. Silky and floral, with mid-weight structure, the 2020 is quite open in the early going. Bright, red-toned fruit, mint, spice, cedar, tobacco and incense all build effortlessly in the glass. This is beautifully done and wonderfully exotic.

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 01/2024

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