Elio Altare – Barolo DOCG – 2015

At the turn of the 1980s and early 1990s, a group of young producers from the Langhe began a real revolution, proposing a new way of producing Barolo, thus a series of wines were born that were totally detached from the traditional model: impeccable from the point of technical point of view, based on a pushed research of fruit concentration, on the smoothness of the tannins, on short macerations and on a consistent contribution of oak from small barrels. Elio Altare, founder producer of this movement, after an enlightening trip for him, returned to Italy and cut all the old large barrels in the cellar with the chainsaw to insert the new French barriques, he was thus disinherited by his father! Charismatic, courageous, enterprising man guided by his great passion for wine and love for the land he began the search for excellence, which he expresses through his elegant and balanced wines. The wines are simple and natural, biodynamics or other similar philosophies are not applied, the vine is simply grown based on the experience acquired and handed down for tens of generations.

The grapes used for the production of this Barolo come from the best crus located in different municipalities of the Barolo area, the plants have an average age of 30 years, composition of different soils and here we see the true ability and experience of Elio Altare in being able to assemble the different vineyards to produce a pleasantly balanced red every year. Elegant, energetic, soft and incredibly pimp! 2015, a vintage with slightly milder temperatures that brought us extraordinarily complex, ready and very pleasant wines.

• Producer: Elio Altare
• Name: Barolo DOCG
• Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
• Vintage: 2015
• Alcohol Content: 14,5%
• Bottle Size: 750ml

Productive Notes: maceration on the skins in a rotofermenter at a controlled temperature for 4/5 days, aging in used French barriques for 24 months