Polaner Selections:
"Azienda Agricola Lalú is one of the most exciting and dynamic new estates to be founded in Barolo in recent years. The project is the vision of two friends, Lara Rocchetti & Luisa Sala (La & Lu = Lalú), who met while studying at the renowned University of Pollenzo When they returned to Italy, they worked some harvests at Trediberri, and it was through the Oberto’s at Trediberri. They also worked both at the Reva winery in Barolo as well as at Conterno-Fantino in Monforte d’Alba. They then both worked in Burgundy at both Domaine Lafon in Meursault as well as in Morey St. Denis with Cecile Tremblay.
Their Barbera d’Alba is sourced from a 1.5-hectare parcel in the southern portion of the Bussia cru.
Country
Italy
Region
Piemonte
Varieties
Barbera
Farming
Practicing organic. Hand-harvested.
Soil
Varying but mostly Sant'Agata Fossil Marl - a limestone-clay typical of the area.
Winemaking
1/3 of the fruit is done whole berry, 1/3 whole cluster and 1/3 destemmed. Vinified in concrete tanks.
Aged in large Austrian oak barrels and then some time in second passage barriques for a total of about eight months.