Massolino, Barolo, Vignarionda Riserva 2017
$1,410.00
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Not ready · best from 2030 · will keep to 2050.
Tasting notes
Antonio Galloni · Vinous · 98
Monica Larner · Wine Advocate · 97
This is a gorgeous wine, and although it could stand more years of ageing, you're not wrong to enjoy it in the near or medium term either. The 2017 Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda is packed tight with dark fruit, but it also shows a delicately savoury edge with black liquorice and rusty metal.
The wine's intensity and the mouthfeel are sublime. Ageing sees it go into bottle for 36 months, followed by another 36 months in a bottle before its release. Production is 12,500 bottles.
Drink 2024 - 2045
Aldo Fiordelli · Decanter · 96
A traditional style with long fermentation and maceration in oak vats at around 30°C, then aged in large Slavonian oak barrels for up to 42 months, followed by a further 24 months in the bottle. The nose is impressively fresh and vibrant, mixing white pepper, watermelon, wild strawberry and mint leaf.
Less restrained than usual, on the palate, the attack is firm, still young, and chewy, with brilliant long acidity and a cherry kernel finish. It deserves time to develop more complexity.
Drink 2023 - 2050
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