Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo 'Monfalleto'

Located in in the township of La Morra in the heart of the appellation, the Cordero family’s farm is one of Barolo’s most renowned and revered. Cordero di Montezemolo is one of just a handful of wineries to own contiguous vineyards in Barolo, where the majority of producers make wines from a patchwork of growing sites. Since 2013, the family has farmed all of its vineyards using organic practices — no herbicides, no pesticides, and no fungicides are used — and today all of their properties are certified organic.

'The 2019 Barolo Monfalletto is a dense, powerful wine. I don't remember a vintage of the Monfalletto with this much sheer concentration and color saturation. Black cherry, plum, mocha, spice, licorice and new leather are all dialed up. The 2019 is undoubtedly a very fine Barolo, but the style is pretty pushed in the direction of textural opulence. In my view, some La Morra typicity is lost, but, to be fair, expressive village character does not seem to be the objective here. I am very intrigued to see how this ages.' - Vinous Media