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Saturday, January 5, 2019 - Verduno Venerdi: Fratelli Alessandria with Vittore: An impressive Cru Barolo. Made since 1997, from an 0.8 ha south facing vineyard at 250 metres above sea level. Vines with an average age of about 30 years on a calcareous and limestone soil. Typically about 4,000 bottles made per vintage. Again, it had 25 days on skins. After the Normale, a more powerful bouquet of red currants, red cherries, cassis and kirsch, cumin and cardamom. “Vosne-Romanee spice”, said Andrew. Sweet, polished tannins. Drinking silkily and relatively accessibly but, compared with the Normale, having much more volume and stuffing. Pure, clean and precise with plenty of minerality. A much more complex, multi-layered wine than the Normale. Typically, at the winery, the longevity of the San Lorenzo is expected to be 15-25 years. I’d guess it needs 5-8+ years more cellar time before you’d want to think about opening a bottle. However, I would not put the San Lorenzo in the category of some of the ‘immortal’ 2013s that we have had on this trip, that will need materially longer in the cellar.

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