Barolo 2020: A 'ready to drink' vintage
Barolo's 2020 vintage assessed and 35 top recommendations...
Aldo Fiordelli is an Italian wine critic, journalist and wine writer. He has published four books about food, wine and art and is a regular Decanter contributor.
In Italy he is an editorial board member of L’Espresso restaurant and wine guide (one of Italy’s most prominent) since 2004. He also writes for Corriere della sera in Florence, as well as Civiltà del Bere (Italy’s oldest Italian wine magazine).
A certified sommelier since 2003, he is currently a 2nd stage student at the Institute of the Masters of Wine.
In 2017 he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne.
Aldo joined DWWA for the first time as a judge in 2019.
Barolo's 2020 vintage assessed and 35 top recommendations...
Superb Nebbiolo can be found beyond the bastions of Barolo and Barbaresco...
Aldo Fiordelli on the Italian love for bitterness...
A marriage between Bolgheri and Bordeaux...
Involving Michelin-starred chefs and leading winemakers...
With tasting notes and scores for 50 wines...
2023 was jam-packed with excellent Italian wines. Aldo Fiordelli picks his top 10 wines of the year...
To drink, cellar, or invest – a guide to the Tuscan classic, with Aldo Fiordelli...
The visionary CEO announces that it's time to slow down.
See what makes Calvarino one of Italy's most important white wines...
Riservas to enjoy early…
Italy's finest whites...
A very good, and approachable vintage in 2020...
‘If there is a specific justification for the more austere character of a wine, it can be found in the vintage – and 2017 was that kind of vintage,’ says Aldo Fiordelli
Five out of five stars for this classic vintage...
The wines worth seeking out...
How producers around the regions are adapting to beat the heat...
43 vintages of Bertani's Amarone tasted, all the way back to 1958...
See which wines make the biggest impact in 2022...
Riservas from the famed Montalcino estate...
25 vintages tasted in this vertical back to the inaugural vintage, 1990...