The Story
If you want to know what Serralunga d'Alba tastes like, start here rather than with a single vineyard. This is Palladino's commune bottling, drawn from the estate's holdings in the village they have called home since 1974, when Piero and his cousin Maurilio bought the old 18th-century Cappellano cellar and began the slow work of buying land from neighbors who did not trust outsiders. The approach is resolutely traditional: long fermentations, big old Slavonian botti, no makeup. A decade after the harvest the 2016 shows tar, dried rose, sour cherry and the savory, mineral bite that makes Serralunga Barolo so recognizable, and it is drinking beautifully without being remotely finished. Mature, honest Barolo at a scale you can actually open on a Tuesday.
Description
If you want to know what Serralunga d'Alba tastes like, start here rather than with a single vineyard. This is Palladino's commune bottling, drawn from the estate's holdings in the village they have called home since 1974, when Piero and his cousin Maurilio bought the old 18th-century Cappellano cellar and began the slow work of buying land from neighbors who did not trust outsiders. The approach is resolutely traditional: long fermentations, big old Slavonian botti, no makeup. A decade after the harvest the 2016 shows tar, dried rose, sour cherry and the savory, mineral bite that makes Serralunga Barolo so recognizable, and it is drinking beautifully without being remotely finished. Mature, honest Barolo at a scale you can actually open on a Tuesday.
