The story of Burlotto is directly intertwined with the figure of its founder, Giovan Battista Burlotto, who, thanks to his work ethic and unswerving insistence, became recognized as an important personality, not only in the Verduno area, but throughout Barolo's wine growing area.
The G.B. Burlotto Winery has remained a family-run business where all phases, from growing grapes, to production and sales (the diversified production is 60,000 bottles), are now taken care of by the owner, Marina Burlotto, the Commendator's great-niece, her husband, Giuseppe Alessandria who is responsible for the vineyards and their son, Fabio, who, having acquired a degree in oenology and viticulture, introduced several modern techniques: solutions which enhance the best of old traditions and family history.
"Proprietor Fabio Alesssandia has done a tremendous job in elevating the quality of his family’s wines since taking over in the mid-1990s. Although the Barolo Cannubi is one of the flagships here, all the wines in this lineup are exceptional. Burlotto remains a reference point in Piedmont.” - Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Dec/2024
Aware and proud of such an important tradition strongly rooted in the story of Barolo and the wines of the Langhe, they operate today with methodologies, which follow the modern technologies that govern agro economics and oenology. They respect the guiding spirit and intuitions which inspired the work of "il Commendatore" as much as possible. They offer wines today that reflect and exalt the peculiar terrain of the Verduno area, which has always produced wines of great balance and elegance; extremely pleasing when consumed young, yet capable, especially for the Barolo wines, and Monvigliero cru in particular, of evolving harmoniously and acquiring refined intrinsic nuances with age.
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