A crunchy and bright Barolo with orange, flower, and crab apple aromas and flavors. Medium body. Very crunchy and fresh. Fine and polished tannins. Bright and yummy already. But give this time to develop in the bottle. This is hand de-stemmed. Better after 2025.

A beam of cherry highlights this supple red, along with iron and wet hay flavors, plus a touch of eucalyptus. The texture is impressive, until the tannins flex their muscles. Firm yet open, with a lingering finish. Best from 2025 through 2042. 75 cases made, 23 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barolo Select to Add

Made with a bend of fruit from Arborina (in La Morra), Cannubi (in Barolo) and Badarina and Ceretta (in Serralunga d'Alba), Silvia Altare calls her 2019 Barolo Unoperuno a "super mega blend of classic single-vineyard sites." The berries are hand selected in the most excruciating manner to avoid all stems, leaves, ugly berries, bugs and so forth. Indeed, "unoperuno" means "one by one" in Italian, and that gives you an idea of the exacting work required to make this very limited-production wine (with about 1,200 bottles released annually in the fall). "Everyone is moving toward stem inclusion," Silvia tells me: "We are moving in the opposite direction." These results are softly elegant with ripe tannins and lots of dark fruit and black cherry at the back. There are mild mineral tones and a hint of earth or rust.

Ripe, boasting plum, black cherry and coffee aromas and flavors framed by vanilla, caramel and leather accents. Lush and broad on the palate, yet with ample acidity to drive the lingering finish and keep this balanced. A more flamboyant '18. Best from 2025 through 2040. 200 cases made, 25 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barolo Select to Add

As the wine name suggests, this Barolo is assembled a single berry at a time, "one by one." With a high price point that reflects a labor-intensive winemaking process, the Elio Altare 2018 Barolo Unoperuno shows some softness and sweetness of a hot vintage. This wine is made of a blend of fruit selected from Arborina (in La Morra), Cannubi (in Barolo), Pernanno (in Castiglione Falletto), Sarmassa (in Barolo) and Ceretta (in Serralunga d'Alba). The bouquet reveals soft cherry confit and dried raspberry with spice, leather and dark licorice. Made entirely by hand, this is a limited production of 1,300 bottles.