Massolino – Barolo Vigna Rionda Riserva – 2016

The great fortune of those who make Barolo is to work great vineyards. Massolino owns about 3 hectares in the Vigna Rionda cru in Serralunga considered the vineyard par excellence for tannic and long-lived wines due to the compact soils where the plant’s effort is greater, exalting the characteristics of Nebbiolo. Production always limited according to the vintage, 40-year-old vines in a southwesterly direction on limestone soils where there is careful selection of the bunches which are vinified in contact with the skins for 25-30 days in steel tanks, after malolactic fermentation the wine ages 42 months in large Slavonian barrels followed by 30 months in the bottle. Accomplice to the vintage, 2016 proved magnificent in terms of water and thermal balance giving phenolic maturation out of the norm and unnatural aging potential. A very complex wine, not to be drunk immediately, to be waited for several years to begin to savor its different nuances that will show themselves over time. Hints of red fruit mixed with spice that evolve over the minutes into notes of leather and licorice, the palate is powerful and deep, austere tannins and impressive structure with a finish of good freshness and bold persistence. A true standout in its genre!

• Producer: Massolino
• Name: Barolo Vigna Rionda Riserva
• Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
• Vintage: 2016
• Alcohol Content: 14,5%
• Bottle Size: 750ml
• Production: 7000 bottles

Productive Notes: fermentation and maceration for 25-30 days at a temperature ranging from 31 to 33°C. Aged for a total of 6 years, including 3.5 years in approximately 30 hl Slavonian oak barrels and 2.5 years in bottle

Wine naturally contains solphites