Elio Altare, Barolo Arborina Vintage:2003 leather and tobacco add shades

leather and tobacco add shades of nuance throughout

000 bottles produced

Not surprisingly at only 10 years of age

but the plummy fruit and spicy wood appear to be nicely integrated

with a good lashing of sweet vanillin oak

Elio Altare, Barolo Arborina Vintage:2003 leather and tobacco add shadesThe 2010 Barolo Arborina shows a strong fruit profile with cherry and cassis that sets it apart from the 2009 vintage that is extremely generous in floral tones of crushed flower and rose. This expression shows great power and substance with 20 to 30% new oak. This is a precise and sharp wine with a heightened sense of focus and definition that is backed by pretty mineral shadings. Hold this wine ten years or more. Drink, 2017 2035.