- Nebbiolo from vineyards in Castiglione Falletto, Bricco Ambrogio of Roddi, Saramassa of Barolo, and Cerretta of Serralunga d’Alba
- Maceration on the skins in stainless steel for 4-5 days
- Aged in French oak barriques (100% used) for 24 months
- 833 cases produced annually
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2020
Country:
Italy
Region:
Piedmont
Appellation:
Barolo
Variety:
Nebbiolo
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | IT-ALT-10-20 | 6/750ml |
| Magnum | IT-ALT-10-20M | 3/1500ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2024-04-04
"Showing bright fruit freshness and energy, the Elio Altare 2020 Barolo is packed with cherry, wild currant, dried apricot and orange peel. The wine offers volume and texture, more so than your standard Barolo, with soft layers and pretty accessibility. It ages in used barrique for 24 months. There is a hint of butter biscuit too. The tannins are almost resolved, and you don't need to wait long to open one of the 13,000 bottles made."
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2024-01-04
"The 2020 Barolo is a classy, elegant wine, benefitting from the addition of the best lots of Cerretta, which was not bottled in 2020. Muscular, incisive tannins wrap around a core of dark red fruit, cedar, mint, tobacco and spice. Rich and explosive, yet also medium in body, the 2020 is terrific. Vineyard sites are Sarmassa, Pernanno, Bricco Ambrogio and Cerretta. The Altare straight Barolo remains one of the unheralded stars in Piedmont, even after all these years."
Wine Spectator
Score
92
Date
2025-04-30
"Bright and expressive, yet there's depth, too. Flavors of cherry, strawberry, iron, eucalyptus and tar are aligned with a fluid feel and solid structure. Balanced, with a light grip of tannins on the peppery finish. Best from 2027 through 2042. 833 cases made, 280 cases imported."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2019
Kerin O'Keefe
Score
96
Date
2023-04-18
"All about structure and finesse, this beautiful Barolo opens with enticing scents of mature berry and baking spice. Showing rich fruit, the delicious palate features raspberry compote, white pepper and star anise accompanied by tightly knit, fine-grained tannins. Bright acidity keeps it fresh and balanced. Drink 2024†2039. Kerin O,Keefe October 2022 'kerinokeefe.com"
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
94+
Date
2023-08-24
"The 2019 Barolo is a beautiful new release from Elio Altare. Silvia Altare (Elio's daughter) tells me, The 2019 vintage was easy to make, resulting in wines that are rich, fat and powerful. The 2018 vintage was lean and 2017 was hot, but 2019 is classic. This wine sees fruit sourced from across three villages of Barolo (some estate-owned and some leased), and winemaking was straightforward, with short maceration times and few rackings, Silvia says. The results are vinous and fruit-forward with plump cherry and blackberry over a textured, full-bodied approach. The wine needs a few more years of bottle age."
2019
James Suckling
Score
93
Date
2023-07-28
"Lovely perfume to this with flowers, cherries, and orange peel. Medium-bodied with firm and fine tannins. Pretty length. Bright at the end. Drink after 2026 but already so attractive."
2019
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2023-01-10
"The 2019 Barolo is bright and effusive in the glass, with lovely aromatic presence and fine balance. Aromatic and broad, with gorgeous balance, the 2019 will be easy to drink and enjoy young. Crushed red berry fruit, blood orange, mint, cinnamon, pomegranate, cedar and sweet floral top notes. This is such a classy Barolo from Altare."
2019
Wine Spectator
Score
91
Date
2024-04-30
"An elegant, focused red, evoking cherry, strawberry, rose hip and earth flavors. Balanced in a linear profile, finishing crisply while echoing red fruit and floral notes. Best from 2025 through 2042. 833 cases made, 250 cases imported."
2019
Jancis Robinson
Score
17+
Date
2023-01-13
"Aged in second- to sixth-year barriques.Still a little closed but already quite beguiling with ripe, red fruit and a touch of minty oak. Complex and hedonistic at the same time. Super-pretty nose and gorgeous, sappy, supple red fruit with lots of crunch and bite on the finish. Has lots of potential. (WS)Drink 2023 † 2032"
2018
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2022-12-07
2018
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2022-08-11
2018
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2022-02-04
2018
Wine Spectator
Score
90
Date
2023-02-27
2017
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
95
Date
2021-05-30
2017
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2021-06-17
2017
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2021-02-14