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\"One<\/a>Barolo has affectionately been referred to as the \u201cKing of Wines, and the Wine of Kings.\u201d\u00a0 In a fine vintage and in the hands of a skilled winemaker, Barolo is unquestionably a noble wine fit for a king and the rest of us commoners, too.\u00a0 For savvy consumers who are patient enough to afford Barolo the royal treatment or even just a little extra care, no other fine wine on the market offers more quality for the money as Barolo.<\/p>\n

Barolo is born on the Langhe Hills of Italy\u2019s Piedmont, on steep craggy Alpine foothills as they tumble out of nearby Switzerland and France.\u00a0 Barolo is the most masculine of Piedmont\u2019s great Nebbiolo based wines and the focal point in the region\u2019s viticultural tiara.\u00a0 Barolo\u2019s lineage dates back to the Middle Ages, but it wasn\u2019t until the mid 18th<\/sup> century that Barolo began to evolve into its present form in the vicinity of Alba, a distinct Old World city that serves as the white truffle capital of Italy as well as Piedmont\u2019s premier wine town.<\/p>\n

Today, the limited production of Barolo generates from the huddled hills of two valleys, Serralunga and Barolo, and their five principal communities, all of which lie to the southwest of the city of Alba and are reputed to impart distinctive characteristics and traits to their respective progeny.\u00a0 The townships of Serralunga, Castiglione Falletto, and Monforte are situated in the Serralunga Valley and are reputed to produce the region\u2019s most masculine, longest-lived Baroli.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Barolo and La Morra, from which the more \u201cdelicate\u201d wines of the zone are said to flow, are part of the Barolo Valley.\u00a0 However, there are many exceptions, styles, and innumerable variations in Barolo on the same theme, and this only touches upon the decades old debate in Barolo over the relative merits of the modern versus traditional styles of Barolo, which have as much to do with individual winemaking techniques as they do the amount and kind of barrel aging the wines receive.\u00a0 Happily, in the end, there is great Barolo fashioned in all five of the major townships, in both modern and traditional styles.\u00a0 However, there is one caveat.\u00a0 Barolo needs time in bottle; and whether it is young or mature, Barolo needs to breathe.\u00a0 Decant a Barolo two hours or more before serving and the magic will soon appear in your glass.<\/p>\n

Don<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barolo has affectionately been referred to as the \u201cKing of Wines, and the Wine of Kings.\u201d\u00a0 In a fine vintage and in the hands of a skilled winemaker, Barolo is unquestionably a noble wine fit for a king and the rest of us commoners, too.\u00a0 For savvy consumers who are patient enough to afford Barolo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe King of Wines, and the Wine of Kings | Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a fine vintage and in the hands of a skilled winemaker, Barolo is unquestionably a noble wine fit for a 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