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2008 Barolo, Monvigliero, Fratelli Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Nebbiolo
Ready - at best
Product: 20081314364
2008 Barolo, Monvigliero, Fratelli Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy

Description

This wine is the pinnacle of Fratelli Alessandria’s Verduno Baroli and the 1.3 hectare plot is superbly located mid slope, on white marne soils facing the sun. Approximately 500 cases of this wine were made and it sings of Monvigliero, whatever the vintage. Pale and tinted with rose petal and tea leaf freshness, it has a fine red berried texture and structure, followed by a cleansing acidity.
(David Berry Green
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2008
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Nebbiolo
Body Full Bodied
Producer Fratelli Alessandria

About this wine

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region.
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Fratelli Alessandria

A moment’s reflection is required before understanding the wines of Fratelli Alessandria: all the estate’s vines (except their cru Gramolere) are in the commune of Verduno. Not usually bracketed with familiar and renowned communes, the village sits on the north-eastern border of the region. It’s almost more of an extension of neighbouring Roero, with sandier soils and a moderating influence from the Tanaro river. All this adds up to a lighter, more delicate and perfumed style of Barolo – of which Fratelli Alessandria are brilliant exponents.
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