# Monvigliero (Fratelli Alessandria)

> Red, Barolo DOCG by [Fratelli Alessandria](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/fratelli-alessandria.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/fratelli-alessandria-monvigliero).

- **Producer:** Fratelli Alessandria
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barolo DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo
- **Cru / vineyard:** Monvigliero
- **Production area:** Verduno (Monvigliero cru)
- **Soil:** Laminated, fossil-rich marls of Sant'Agata: a compact, fine soil high in silt and clay with very little sand, that retains water reserves.
- **Exposure:** South to south/west facing, 250-310 metres altitude; the cru's predominant exposure is south facing, within the 250-300m range where the area's best-known crus sit.
- **Harvest:** By hand, in October
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training, 4,500 vines per hectare. Vines above 50 years old on average. Total area about 1.4 hectares.
- **Vinification:** Fermentation and maceration: 22-30 days in stainless steel at 28-30C. Ageing: around 3 years in 20-40 hectolitre Slavonian and French oak casks, 2 months in stainless steel and at least 6 months in bottle. Bottled at the start of the 4th year after harvest.
- **Storage:** Ageing potential 15-35 years
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

From vines over 35 years old on Monvigliero, regarded as Verduno's grand cru and the village's most representative site; the estate first vinified a pure Monvigliero in 1978, one of the first producers to do so.

## Tasting notes

Austere but elegant, with aromatic complexity and depth of flavour; the cru's aromatic profile is recognisable for notes of medicinal herbs, roots and spices.