Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Wanted to know what the hype was about. I get it, i think i prefer aged classically oaked styles of Barolo in the long run. However, for being so young, the tannins feel very silky. Being in La morra gives this bottle young approachability in itself but aging in french barrique really softens this and adds a lovely wood element. This smells like barolo and Napa together.....naparolo.
Wanted to know what the hype was about. I get it, i think i prefer aged classically oaked styles of Barolo in the long run. However, for being so young, the tannins feel very silky. Being in La morra gives this bottle young approachability in itself but aging in french barrique really softens this and adds a lovely wood element. This smells like barolo and Napa together.....naparolo.
Jun 30th, 2016
We had the honor of a private tasting with Silvia Altare in the Michele Chiarlo tasting room at Palas Cerequio in La Morra. Silvia is the daughter of Elio Altare, Godfather of modern Barolo. She is a delightful, humorous, efferevescent and worthy heir to her family's craft. The 2010 is a culmination of all the family has learned since they began making Barolo in small casks, and revolutionizing what was otherwise (at the time) little more than small fruit production in the Barolo region. She tells the story of her grandfather leaving the vineyard for two days and her father taking a chainsaw to the family's traditional large casks in favor of his new approach.
Elegant, with perfect poise in tannins and acidity, this single cru from Arborina will go for decades.
We had the honor of a private tasting with Silvia Altare in the Michele Chiarlo tasting room at Palas Cerequio in La Morra. Silvia is the daughter of Elio Altare, Godfather of modern Barolo. She is a delightful, humorous, efferevescent and worthy heir to her family's craft. The 2010 is a culmination of all the family has learned since they began making Barolo in small casks, and revolutionizing what was otherwise (at the time) little more than small fruit production in the Barolo region. She tells the story of her grandfather leaving the vineyard for two days and her father taking a chainsaw to the family's traditional large casks in favor of his new approach.
Elegant, with perfect poise in tannins and acidity, this single cru from Arborina will go for decades.
