Region: Piedmont, Italy

Vintage: 2017

Composition: 100% Nebbiolo

History: Massolino (formally Azienda Agricola Vigna Rionda) is a Piedmont winery best known for its Barolo DOCG wines made from the Nebbiolo variety. The 23 hectares (57 acres) of estate vines are almost all entirely in the Barolo sub-region Serralunga d’Alba.

Tasting Notes:

Color is bright garnet red. Nose ranges from very intensely floral in the early years to characteristic “goudron” as it ages, through a multitude of scents which are always particularly seductive. On the palate probably is the most potent of all the Barolo’s and it perfectly summarizes the essential characteristics of Barolo wine, such as grand structure, excellent alcohol concentration and tannins capable of guaranteeing very long aging.