Marco Curto’s family has a long, celebrated history in Barolo: his brother-in-law Elio Altare makes some of the most sought-after wines in the region, commanding triple-digit prices for his top wines. So we were appropriately gobsmacked when this wine, sourced from the same vineyards as Altare, became available at this price! This has all the attributes of its spendy neighbors, with heady herbal and floral aromatics, concentrated tarry black fruit, and a structure that forecasts decades of life ahead. A painless introduction to Italian wine royalty.
