Fratelli Alessandria, Barolo Gramolere, 2011 gift-card-custom-template extracting color and fruit while

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This is the 2011

planted by Teobaldo Cappellano

slow-building tannin

Fratelli Alessandria, Barolo Gramolere, 2011 gift-card-custom-template extracting color and fruit whileAlessandria's Gramolere from Monforte d'Alba, in a 2011 vintage that turned out ripe, fruity and approachable, so this one drinks more openly than the firmer 2010. This is the estate's secret weapon, a cru that brings Monforte backbone to a producer better known for the satin elegance of Verduno. Fratelli Alessandria works traditionally, with transparency to site and no heavy hand. At well over a decade old the fruit has mellowed into a savory, mature