Elio Altare

Barolo, Uno Per Uno, 2021

Name: Barolo, Uno Per Uno
Brand: Elio Altare
Price: 1100 GBP

96+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

97/100

Vinous

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2021
6x75cl
EP
£1,100.00
2021
1x1.5L
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£375.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Super intense, virile and structured with a long, saturating impression of fresh dark and red fruits, leather, citrus and coffee, full bodied, complex and deep with ripe, present acidity and a touch of florality as it opens up. Hugely impressive. 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. In 2021, the blend is made up of Cerretta, Arborina and Cannubi with a little bit of Sorrano. Just 900 bottles were produced.

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Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of utmost 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

96+/100

Monica Larner,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The Elio Altare 2021 Barolo Unoperuno shows a distinctive bouquet with aromas of cola, balsam herb and candied cherry. The wine's intensity is especially bright and vertical. The name Unoperuno refers to the grapes that are sorted "one by one." This is a blend of fruit from Arborina (La Morra), Cannubi (Barolo), Pernano (Castiglione Falletto), Sarmassa (Barolo) and Cerretta (Serralunga d'Alba). The wine sees 24 months in barrique with 20% new oak. There is muscle and power at the back, and that high 15% alcohol content does not go unnoticed. This is a release of 1,100 bottles.

drinking window 2027 - 2045

date of review 06/2025

97/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2021 Barolo Unoperuno is fabulous. Silky tannins and lifted, beautifully articulated aromatics give the 2021 tons of allure. Deep and yet also translucent, the 2021 is an absolute delight. It is one of the best editions of this wine I have tasted. Cedar, blood orange, new leather and rose petal add an exotic flair. Unoperuno is a rare Barolo made from hand-destemmed fruit. It remains among the most distinctive wines in all of Piedmont.

drinking window 2026 - 2041

date of review 01/2025

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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.