96 pts Vinous
Drink Date: 2026 - 2041 
The 2021 Barolo Cannubi is a pretty potent wine. Then again, Altare's Cannubi emerges from a purely south-facing section of the vineyard. Dark cherry/plum fruit, cloves, licorice, new leather and incense are dialed up. This is an especially virile Barolo with a ton of character.

95 Wine Advocate
Drink Date: 2026 - 2045
Fruit comes from a leased site in Cannubi, and the first vintage made was 2011. Jumping forward one decade, the Elio Altare 2021 Barolo Cannubi is a rounded and fleshed-out expression with dark fruit, dried cherry, spice and hints of cured tobacco. I notice the sweet oak flavors and the 15% alcohol content. The wine ages in barrique for 24 months, with 20% new oak. However, that bigger aromatic profile is adequately matched to the wine's medium-plus texture.

• Appellation: Barolo DOCG

• Varietal: Nebbiolo

• Area of production: Barolo

• Age of the vines: about 30 years old

• Soil composition: marna with clay and sand

• Exposition: south

• Vinification: Maceration on the skins for approx. 4/5 days in rotary fermentors with temperature control , ageing in French barriques for 24 months