Elio Altare
www.elioaltare.com
Winner of 28 Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri Awards
Elio Altare is one of the leading wine making figures in the Barolo zone. His wines have been awarded 25 Gamberro Rosso Tre Bicchieri Awards. A true innovator and committed to relentless continuous improvement, he has always been at the forefront of Barolo making. He was among the first wine makers in the region to travel to other winemaking areas like Burgundy in an effort to improve his own wine making processes.
What is Gambero Rosso?
The Gambero Rosso Wine Guide is considered the Bible of Italian wines. For the 2007 guide, a panel of wine experts tasted 16,000 wines from over 2000 Italian Wineries and awarded just 282 wines the top accolade of 'Tre Bicchieri'.
Website: www.gamberorosso.it
Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
Vintage: 2008
Production Area: La Morra
Classification: DOC
Alcohol: 14%
Volume: 750ml
Ideal drinking wine especially with white meats and pasta dishes. Dry, soft, rich, austere tannins with a clean and pleasant finish.
Barbera d'Alba DOC
Vintage: 2008
Production Area: La Morra
Classification: DOC
Alcohol: 13.5%
Volume: 750ml
This intense, dark, ruby red wine offers a clean, rich, fresh, quite tannic taste with long finish. Ideal with hors d'oeuveres, pasta dishes and cured meat.
Barolo DOCG La Morra
Vintage: 2007, 2005
Production Area: La Morra
Varietal: 100% Nebbiolo
Volume: 750ml
Brilliant ruby red, this dry, warm, elegant, well balanced, intense and very persistent tasting wine is best with elaborated meat dishes and aged Piedmont cheeses.
Barolo DOCG Arborina
Vintage: 2005, 2003
Production Area: La Morra
Varietal: 100% Nebbiolo
Volume: 750ml
This extremely long, slow-building wine expanded impressively in the glass, finishing with great verve and persistence.
Barolo DOCG Cerretta Vigna Bricco
Vintage: 2005
Production Area: La Morra
Varietal: 100% Nebbiolo
Volume: 750ml
The 2005 Barolo Cerretta positively covers every inch of the palate in a round, opulent expression of fruit. Still rather fresh and primary, the wine will require some time to come around. Menthol, liquorice, minerals and tar inform the long, harmonious finis
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