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2021 Fratelli Alessandria "San Lorenzo di Verduno" Barolo (1.5L)

2021 Fratelli Alessandria "San Lorenzo di Verduno" Barolo (1.5L)

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$189.99

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Kerin O'Keefe

Reviewed February 2025
The 2021 San Lorenzo di Verduno from Fratelli Alessandria is a stunner, starting with its intense fragrance of violet, rose, perfumed berry, forest floor and new leather. The palate is full-bodied and utterly delicious, delivering ripe black cherry, black raspberry, licorice and white truffle before a savory finish. Tightly knit, fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity keep it balanced while a hint of almond liqueur lingers on the finish. (KO)

Professional Reviews

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Vinous

Review Date: 01/2025
The 2021 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno is a wine of translucence, elegance and finesse. Bright acids cut through a core of red/purplish fruit, chalk, slate, crushed rocks and white pepper. Rose petal, blood orange peel and mint resonate on the high-toned, intensely saline finish. San Lorenzo is often a potent Barolo, but in 2021, it comes across as especially finessed. (AG)

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Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 05/2025
The 2021 Barolo San Lorenzo Di Verduno is a medium red in color and has pretty aromatics that gain more depth with aromas of preserved raspberries, delicate notes of fresh leather, pressed flowers, and chalky earth. The palate is both approachable and refined, but the wine has structure to age and feels like it’s going to have a very wide window for enjoyment over the coming decades. A beautiful expression of this wine, the tannins are refined and the wine more seamless, accented with refreshing acidity and a long finish, and it’s very pure all the way through. (AF)

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 06/2025
This wine was introduced in 1997 and was the first single-vineyard expression from this MGA site. The Fratelli Alessandria 2021 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno (with 5,000 bottles created) has a sweet side with nutmeg and tobacco, but it also presents a solid core of cherry fruit and blackcurrant. This nicely balanced expression has more accessible tannins for medium-term drinking. (ML)

Notes

From the historic Alessandria family, the 2021 “San Lorenzo di Verduno” is a stunning Barolo that perfectly balances the aromatic grace of Verduno with the underlying power of this excellent cru. From the classic and structured 2021 vintage, this wine is a masterclass in finesse. The nose is deep and expressive, with aromas of dark cherry, plum, and dried rose, layered with savory notes of licorice, tobacco, and a hint of balsamic. On the palate, it’s medium-to-full-bodied, with a core of pure, dark fruit framed by firm, yet incredibly polished tannins and vibrant acidity. The finish is long, savory, and mineral-driven. A beautifully structured and age-worthy Barolo with decades of life ahead.

Details

OriginBarolo, Piedmont, Italy
Type/VarietalNebbiolo
Alcohol Content14%
SKU1912205