JS94pts: "For an entry-level wine, this is astonishingly good. -James Suckling.  From three vineyards composed of limestone/clay with a dusting of loess. Hand-harvested, destemmed, spontaneously fermented, and aged in French oak barrels for 20-22 months. Unfined and unfiltered. CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Certified HVE3*. Extraordinary Muscadet from vines aged 45-60 years planted in decomposed mica/schist soils. The color is white gold from extended lees aging (10 months) and maturation in the bottle. Velvety and balanced dry with terrific length, this is a special bottle capable of aging or serving...

100% Petit Verdot from a high elevation vineyard in Los Chacayes. Fermented and aged with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel. Unfined, unfilted. 2,500 bottles produced.

Perricone, guyot, planted in 2015, harvested in early October at 42 hl/ha. Destemmed and crushed, with macerations lasting 8 days.  Soft-pressed, fermented and aged in stainless steel for 6 months.  Unfined/unfiltered. 3,300 bottles made. 13.9% abv.

Nero d’Avola, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in late September at 42 hl/ha.  Destemmed and crushed, with macerations lasting 10 days.  Soft-pressed, fermented in stainless steel.  Aged mostly in stainless, with 15% of the total aging in 500L tonneaux for 6 months.   unfined/unfiltered. 3,300...

100% Grillo from the east-facing Contrada Modica vineyard, planted in 2011, trained in guyot.  360m above sea level, sedimentary soil with sandy topsoil.  Harvested at the end of August at yields of 40hl/ha.  The grapes were destemmed and crushed, with free-run juice fermenting and aging in...

The Barbera Superiore comes from the oldest vines of Rocche dell’Olmo (Verduno- 310-360m, East) and Gramolere (Monforte d’Alba- 400-450m, SW). Harvest is usually in the first half of October.  Stainless steel fermentation and aged for 12-14 months in 500L tonneaux and 2000L cask).  2,000 bottles...

Monvigliero is arguably the most important cru of Verduno and Fratelli Alessandria has some of the biggest holdings there, 1.4ha.  Harvest on October 7th, macerations 32 days. Monvigliero exalts the beguiling florality and spice that are Verduno's calling card.  First produced in 1978. 7,000...

The cru of Gramolere, located in Monforte d'Alba, is Fratelli Alessandria's lone plot outside of Verduno.  They own 2ha here.  The soils are much sandier than Verduno, the site is higher, at 450-470m.  The vines are 60 years old.  Harvest was a bit later, October 14th.  Macerations 30 days.  The...

Monvigliero is arguably the most important cru of Verduno and Fratelli Alessandria has some of the biggest holdings there, 1.4ha.  Exposures are South to Southwest, 250-310m.   High average vine age of 45 years. Made similarly to the Barolo San Lorenzo.  Monvigliero exalts the beguiling florality...

100% Cabernet Franc, which Marco calls the “the foreigner who’s not a foreigner.”  Usually harvested in early Oct, fermented between steel and concrete, 20-25 days of maceration.  Aged for a year in big cask. 4,000 bottles made.

100% Friulano, the wine that most tells the tale of Marco’s territory.  Made similarly to the Ribolla, and similar levels of production.

Monte della Guardia is Marco’s cru, 0.5ha, super steep terraces descending from 300 to 175m.  80% Friulano, 20% Picolit on ponca (typical soil of friable, alkaline clay marls).  Harvested end of Sept. Direct-pressed, fermented in stainlees, aged in one 1000L cask (which happened to be new this year...