2024 Azienda Agricole Lalu Lanche Nebbiolo

Pure, perfumed, and fine-boned — red cherry, violet, anise, and a whisper of dried rose, with bright natural acidity, silky tannins, and a precision that stops you expecting it from a Langhe Nebbiolo at this price. The 2024 Lalù Langhe Nebbiolo is organically farmed 100% Nebbiolo from two parcels — Bussia Brovi in Monforte d'Alba and Roncaglie in La Morra — fruit the estate considers too young for Barolo, macerated 12 days in concrete, 8 months in Austrian oak, native yeast, no shortcuts. A difficult vintage — cold, wet at harvest, 50% of fruit declassified — and the wine that survived is better for it. Lalù was founded in 2019 by Lara Rocchetti and Luisa Sala, two friends who met at university, shaped their palates by harvesting with Dominique Lafon and Cécile Tremblay in Burgundy, and came home to Piedmont to make wines of finesse and clarity rather than extraction and weight. Polaner import. One of the most exciting young estates in Langhe — and this is the entry point.