2021 Cordero di Montezemolo Monfalletto Barolo 750 ml

We shudder to think what would happen to our Member Services team if we failed to offer this 95-point 2021 Cordero di Montezemolo’s Monfalletto Barolo.

Cordero di Montezemolo has been one of our bestselling Barolos ever, and each time we offer it, it earns glowing member reviews: The last three vintages have averaged over 4.5 stars, putting the Monfalletto on par with some of the most expensive names in the Piedmont.

The 2021 is yet another stunner: a “beautiful, highly pleasing” Barolo, in the words of Italian-wine expert Antonio Galloni of Vinous, from a vintage he described as “superb.” Add that praise to the 95-point score from James Suckling, another critic focused on The Boot. 

Monfalletto is selected from the estate’s best plots in La Morra, one of the area’s most renowned villages, and the amount of earth-and-spice intricacy it delivers is simply incredible. Don’t miss this perfectly polished snapshot of an exquisite estate. 

For 19 generations now, the Cordero di Montezemolo family has presided over a historic parcel that Antonio Galloni called “one of the most picturesque properties in all of Piedmont.” 

The highest point of Cordero di Montezemolo’s property is a Lebanon Cedar tree so iconic in the region that the Italian Air Force uses it as a point of navigation. Rows of Nebbiolo vines, which are EU certified organic, radiate down from the tree, the grapes for Monfalletto coming from 15- to 50-year-old plantings that enjoy advantageous southeast and southwest exposures. It’s one of the few estates in Barolo that covers contiguous vineyards—a rare occurrence, since many wineries draw Nebbiolo from an assortment of different sites. 

Cordero di Montezemolo delivered a triumph in a fantastic 2021 vintage. They vinified the wine in separate lots, then aged it in both French and Slovenian oak for 18–24 months. After blending, bottling, and another year in the cellar, this Barolo has classic red-fruit aromas that step in stride with notes of red rose and orange peel. The palate is dense and multidimensional, packed with a wall of plum and spice, girded with iron tannins that beg for time in a decanter or the cellar.