Elio Altare Langhe Nebbiolo 2017
Red
Langhe, Italy
6.5
WineSaint
Rich and dense, with concentrated dark cherry and plum that coats the palate. The 2017's warm vintage character shows through in waves of ripe fruit and glycerol weight. While impressive in its power, this lacks Altare's usual finesse and structural grace. Time may bring more harmony to this exuberant expression.
dark cherryplumglycerolripe fruit
Label
Elio Altare
→Elio Altare is one of the founding figures of the Barolo Boys movement, credited with modernizing Langhe winemaking in the 1980s through shorter macerations and French oak. His estate remains a benchmark for the progressive wing of Piedmont.