Barolo - Diego & Damiano Barale

The Diego and Damiano Barale Barolo DOCG is the natural culmination of a coherent artisanal range that respects its territory - the same range that begins with Barbera d'Alba Superiore at €20, rises to Langhe Nebbiolo at €21, and reaches its pinnacle here with the great Nebbiolo from Barolo DOCG. Three wines, three levels of increasing depth, one family, one territory - the Piedmontese Langhe in their most authentic and ambitious expression.

Barolo is the king of Italian wines - perhaps the greatest red wine Italy produces, the one the world knows as "the wine of kings and the king of wines," made exclusively from Nebbiolo in eleven municipalities in the Langhe around Alba, under some of Italy's strictest regulations, with a capacity for longevity and evolving complexity that few other wines in the world can match. It is not an easy wine to approach - it requires patience, time, and the right occasion. But when opened under the right conditions, at full maturity, it is an unforgettable experience.

Diego and Damiano Barale produce their Barolo with a modern stylistic approach that respects tradition - the same approach that distinguishes the Barbera and Langhe Nebbiolo in the range: French oak tonneaux instead of the large Slavonian casks favored by extreme traditionalism, but with an aging period - 24 months - that ensures complete integration without allowing the wood to take precedence over the fruit and terroir. The 3000 bottles produced place this Barolo among quality artisanal productions - few bottles, maximum attention.

On the nose, it is great Nebbiolo from the Langhe in its most complete form: withered rose and violet, brandied cherry and sour cherry, raspberry, rhubarb, pipe tobacco, fine leather, tar, oriental spices, and a deep, precise limestone minerality that speaks directly of the Langhe soils. On the palate, it is monumental and vertical - massive tannins already beautifully polished by 24 months in French tonneaux, a vibrant, razor-sharp natural acidity that is Nebbiolo's genetic signature and guarantees a lifespan of at least 15-20 years from the vintage, harmonious glyceric sweetness that balances the alcoholic power, and an exceptionally long finish that evolves for minutes in successive waves of fruit, spices, tobacco, and minerality. Serve at 18-20°C with mandatory decanting for at least 2 hours. It expresses its best between 5 and 20 years from the vintage.