G.B. Burlotto Barolo Tasting
@ Del Posto Restaurant, NYC (1/31/2012)

The Rare Wine Co. set up this dinner focusing on the Barolos of G.B. Burlotto. The official name of the winery is Azienda Agricola Comm. G.B. Burlotto, where Comm. is an abreviation of Il Commendatore (The Commander in English), and G.B. stands for Giovan Battista. Il Commendatore Giovan Battista Burlotto was the highly respected founder of this winery and its winemaker for 77 years: 1850 until his death in 1927. More history of the winery and their wines can be found on Rare Wine Co's page on Burlotto.

The guest of honor was the winemaker, Fabio Alessandria. Fabio is the son of the owner, Marina Burlotto, the Commander's great-niece, and her husband, Giuseppe Alessandria, who is responsible for the vineyards.

Here is the email announcing this dinner. The food at Del Posto was excellent and well-matched to the wines. The service was also excellent. All the wines were opened and double-decanted between 5 and 6pm. The dinner started around 7:30 and lasted till about 10:30pm.

Here is a nice article by Levi Dalton with many pictures of the winery. Here is a video of Fabio discussing his wines and winemaking.

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Mannie Berk & Jamie Wolff chat... while hors d'oeuvres are served.


Mannie introduces Fabio Alessandria. Fabio talks about his wines.

John Gilman listens intently. Fabio.

Flight 1
With Pasta e Fagioli with Tripe Meatballs & Puffed Ditalini.
Flight 2
With Veal Agnolotti with Truffle Powder, Tryolean Speck & Grana Padano.
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Flight 3 with Bill Lawrence & Jeff Filippi. Sean Lawrence & ???.
Jeff Filippi & ???. Bill Lawrence & Jeff Filippi.
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Flight 3
With New York Strip Steak with Creamed Potato Torta, Spinach & Calabrian Spicy Tongue.
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Flight 4
With Chef's Selection of Italian Artisanal Cheeses.
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Sean, Fabio, & Bill. Sean, Fabio, & Bill.
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Sean, Fabio, & Bill. The Fine Wine Geek & Fabio Alessandria.

Conclusion

Fabio Alessandria and his parents are making some terrific wines at Burlotto which honor the memory of the Commander! Fabio and Monvigliero do especially well in lesser vintages.

Tasting notes posted from CellarTracker.



 

 


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