2021 Fratelli Alessandria, Barolo, San Lorenzo di Verduno - Magnum

Fratelli Alessandria manages the San Lorenzo vineyard with organic practices and a cellar regimen centered on spontaneous fermentation and three years of aging in large Slavonian oak casks. This south-facing site, rooted in Sant’Agata fossil marls with a high proportion of silt and limestone, yields a Barolo defined by aromatic lift and mineral precision. The 2021 vintage provided a long, steady growing season that preserved vibrant acidity while ensuring complete phenolic maturity, resulting in a wine of linear focus and tightly coiled tannic architecture. In this magnum format, the wine’s high-toned saline energy and savory mid-palate weight are amplified, supporting an extended evolutionary window. This bottling represents a disciplined expression of Verduno that prioritizes site-specific clarity and structural nerve over primary intensity.