Barolo "del Comune di La Morra" Riserva 2016

Crissante Alessandria's Barolo del Comune di La Morra Riserva is made from grapes harvested in various vineyards in this municipality.

Alberto Alessandria is undoubtedly one of the rising stars of Barolo from La Morra: this Riserva is in its first year of production and I personally already consider it one of the future "market bombshells." Fruit, elegance, immense depth, and finesse. Chapeau. (I deliberately left the tissue paper on in the photos because I'm convinced you'll appreciate it more that way 🤣).

The Winery: Crissante Alessandria

The history of the Crissante Alessandria winery began in 1958 in Roggeri, a small hamlet in the Santa Maria area of La Morra. Here, Crissante began to vinify the family's vineyards with the help of his wife Teresa. Over the years, new small plots were acquired in the Capalot and Galina subzones, and today the winery boasts about 6 hectares of vineyards; in 2007, they decided to start separate vinification of the different MGAs, and to date, four different Barolos are produced: Barolo del comune di La Morra, Barolo Galina, Barolo Capalot, and finally a Riserva with grapes always harvested in the municipality of La Morra. I personally got to know Alberto, born in 1985, who is the driving force behind the company, seeking wines of elegance and great fruit expression with precise ideas.