A legendary Barolo tasting with Elio Altare
Elio Altare has been a key personality in Barolo transforming the face of the region into a more polished one retaining however the core of the Nebbiolo in the wine. He was the one to introduce barriques and the second one after Enrico Scavino (Kerin O Keefe' ''Barolo and Barbaresco'') to use rotary fermenters to extract more colour and fruit without the harsh often ''hysterical'' tannins of the grape.
What a pleasure and big honour was to see Elio Altare in Athens, Greece last month where he presented a masterclass on his single vineyards Arborina and Ceretta. The masterclass was organized by Oenocosmos importing company and was moderated by star sommelier Nikolas Giannopoulos.
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