Elio Altare Vigneto Arborina, Barolo DOCG, Italy 2021

Through all these years the winery has maintained the original family run structure: Elio and Lucia’s eldest daughter Silvia has been fully involved in the winery since early 2000, while Elena, their youngest daughter, moved to Germany where she is now running a small wine import company.

Elio, his wife Lucia, Silvia and the entire staff follow every single aspect of the work: in the vineyards from pruning to harvest, in the cellar from winemaking to sales, logistics, office work and marketing.

Elio, as energetic and bubbly as 40 years ago, supervises all the activities, but lately has been focusing as well on some challenging new projects, including winemaking in Cinqueterre, Liguria; restoring an old abandoned village in Castelmagno (in the mountains between Piemonte and France); cheesemaking in Castelmagno; growing medicinal herbs; making sparkling wine in the higher Langa hills with an old obscure indigenous variety called “Liseiret;” growing organic vegetables and fruits…our family will never run out of ideas and work!

" Coming from their home village of La Morra and expressive of the hallmark finesse of both the site and village, the 2021 Barolo Arborina is floral and pure with a refined perfume of fresh roses, wild raspberry, rocky earth, apricot, and fennel. It’s elegant all the way through, with a linear and focused feel, finely coiled tannins, even acidity, and a graceful and gently tapering finish. It has a haunting feel that’s exceptional in this vintage, and while it’s a pleasure to taste now, it should stand the test of time." Jeb Dunnuck 97