There’s nothing like catching up with an old friend. 🤝
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There’s just something about drinking the wines from Barolo that remind me of talking an old friend (possibly from another life)? 💫
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Barolo is one of the few wines in the world that once opened and left to unwind in glass can transport one to a magical place. 🎩
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The 2015 single vineyard Monvigliero from Fratelli Alessandra was no exception! 🍇
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I spent time with owner Vittore who is running the estate full time over a decade ago in Barolo and had one of the most memorable wine excursions of my life! 👏
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I remember drinking this wine with his mother’s Tagliatelle Bolognese at his parent’s house and it’s still probably the most amazing yet simple lunches I’ve ever had! Period, end of story! 🍝🍷
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This vineyard is located in the northern part of Barolo in Verduno (a unique grape called Pelaverga is worth finding from here as well). 💥
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This wine had everything and more you’d want from a single vineyard cooler climate expression of Nebbiolo…tart and dried red raspberries, wafts of heady perfume and incense, dried rose petals, leather, licorice, and dried mint dominate…and this wine is a just a baby! 💯
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If you love Italian wines and Barolo, in particular, it’s worth tracking this tiny production wine down and worth the splurge around $90…it will easily age for 25+ years!💰
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