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2018 Barolo, Monvigliero, Fratelli Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Nebbiolo
Ready - youthful (Drink 2025 - 2051)
Walter Speller
17.5/20
Antonio Galloni
91-93/100
Product: 20181314364

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2018 Barolo, Monvigliero, Fratelli Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy

Description

Vittore makes the point that Monvigliero’s soils are arguably more Barbaresco than Barolo: more marl, compacted sand and limestone. The estate has 1.4 hectares in the 25-hectare vineyard – Verduno’s finest, right in the mid-slope sweet spot. This wine always has a vivid red cherry character; this year, there’s also a softer raspberry note. But it is the wine’s texture that allures: the porcelain, linear and talcum tannins are beautifully on song.

Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd (March 2022)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 15%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2025 - 2051)
Grape List Nebbiolo
Body Full Bodied
Producer Fratelli Alessandria

Critics reviews

Walter Speller 17.5/20

Verduno. Mid to deep ruby. Tight, compact and very lifted nose with sour cherry, but really very embryonic. This is more sour cherry/cool climate and has less obvious richness compared with their San Lorenzo di Verduno. Amarena-cherry notes and minerally salty hints underneath. Truly complex, elegant, compact and youthful with a beautiful aromatic build-up on the finish. Finely balanced and with a layer of finely ground tannins. Long. Possesses inherent freshness with lots of acidity.

Drink 2022 - 2032
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2021)
Antonio Galloni 91-93/100

The 2018 Barolo Monvigliero has good depth, but is otherwise pretty unexpressive. Sweet floral and spice notes emerge, but only with great reluctance. Readers will have to be patient. It will be interesting to see how this shows post-bottling. The Monvigliero is, uncharacteristically, the most reticent of these wines today.

Drink 2024 - 2043
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Feb 2022)

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