Massolino Barolo Vigna Rionda Riserva 2017
Region: Barolo, Piedmont
Variety: Nebbiolo
Country: Italy
Vintage: 2017
The Wine
Massolino’s Vigna Rionda Riserva ‘Etichetta Nera’ is sourced from one of Barolo’s most revered single vineyards. Aged long in botte, this 2017 shows compelling elegance from a warm vintage.
In a recent survey for Michele Longo and Ian D’Agata’s upcoming book, no Barolo cru garnered more votes from respondents asked to name Barolo’s top five Crus in terms of quality and prestige. Vigna Rionda is historically Serralunga’s most revered vineyard and the source of some of the greatest, finest, longest-lived Barolo. The Massolino family took ownership of their first parcel in 1956, and new parcels directly adjoining the existing vines were purchased in 1967, 1985, and 1987. This took Massolino’s holding to the 3.5 hectares of vines.
The vines are at 250 to 360 metres’ altitude and protected from northerly winds and frost by the south/southwest aspect. This vineyard generates wines with an optimum balance of perfume, finesse, concentration and structure rarely found in Barolo. Excellent acidity and tannins are a feature of Vigna Rionda wines, so they require longer aging in botti and bottle. This is why Massolino’s Vigna Rionda is always released with a minimum of six years of age. Always aged in large cask, 2017 was the second vintage where Massolino’s Vigna Rionda also fermented in large wood. It spent 20 days on skins and then aged for 30 months in a 7,000-litre Stockinger botte.
Cellared says
Flat‑out stunning: a Vigna Rionda Riserva of grace and seduction. Silky, racy and incredibly pure—megawatt Barolo that’s still beautifully balanced. This is up there as one of the finest Barolo’s I’ve tried, its Nebbiolo amplified to the max, yet is nothing but classy, purity and precise. Probably should have got a few magnums as well.
Wine Reviews
“The 2017 Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda is flat out stunning. All the purest essence of Rionda comes through in a captivating Barolo that dazzles. Sweet red cherry fruit, kirsch, rose petal, licorice and blood orange are some of the many aromas and flavors that lift from the glass. Exotic and racy, the 2017 is a flat-out stunner. Now, for the million dollar question. Is it better than the 2016? Right now, I give an edge to the 2017 for its greater finesse and total sense of exotic beauty. But time will be the judge. I do look forward to tasting the 2016 and 2017 side by side!”
98 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Region: Barolo, Piedmont
Variety: Nebbiolo
Country: Italy
Vintage: 2017
The Wine
Massolino’s Vigna Rionda Riserva ‘Etichetta Nera’ is sourced from one of Barolo’s most revered single vineyards. Aged long in botte, this 2017 shows compelling elegance from a warm vintage.
In a recent survey for Michele Longo and Ian D’Agata’s upcoming book, no Barolo cru garnered more votes from respondents asked to name Barolo’s top five Crus in terms of quality and prestige. Vigna Rionda is historically Serralunga’s most revered vineyard and the source of some of the greatest, finest, longest-lived Barolo. The Massolino family took ownership of their first parcel in 1956, and new parcels directly adjoining the existing vines were purchased in 1967, 1985, and 1987. This took Massolino’s holding to the 3.5 hectares of vines.
The vines are at 250 to 360 metres’ altitude and protected from northerly winds and frost by the south/southwest aspect. This vineyard generates wines with an optimum balance of perfume, finesse, concentration and structure rarely found in Barolo. Excellent acidity and tannins are a feature of Vigna Rionda wines, so they require longer aging in botti and bottle. This is why Massolino’s Vigna Rionda is always released with a minimum of six years of age. Always aged in large cask, 2017 was the second vintage where Massolino’s Vigna Rionda also fermented in large wood. It spent 20 days on skins and then aged for 30 months in a 7,000-litre Stockinger botte.
Cellared says
Flat‑out stunning: a Vigna Rionda Riserva of grace and seduction. Silky, racy and incredibly pure—megawatt Barolo that’s still beautifully balanced. This is up there as one of the finest Barolo’s I’ve tried, its Nebbiolo amplified to the max, yet is nothing but classy, purity and precise. Probably should have got a few magnums as well.
Wine Reviews
“The 2017 Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda is flat out stunning. All the purest essence of Rionda comes through in a captivating Barolo that dazzles. Sweet red cherry fruit, kirsch, rose petal, licorice and blood orange are some of the many aromas and flavors that lift from the glass. Exotic and racy, the 2017 is a flat-out stunner. Now, for the million dollar question. Is it better than the 2016? Right now, I give an edge to the 2017 for its greater finesse and total sense of exotic beauty. But time will be the judge. I do look forward to tasting the 2016 and 2017 side by side!”
98 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Region: Barolo, Piedmont
Variety: Nebbiolo
Country: Italy
Vintage: 2017
The Wine
Massolino’s Vigna Rionda Riserva ‘Etichetta Nera’ is sourced from one of Barolo’s most revered single vineyards. Aged long in botte, this 2017 shows compelling elegance from a warm vintage.
In a recent survey for Michele Longo and Ian D’Agata’s upcoming book, no Barolo cru garnered more votes from respondents asked to name Barolo’s top five Crus in terms of quality and prestige. Vigna Rionda is historically Serralunga’s most revered vineyard and the source of some of the greatest, finest, longest-lived Barolo. The Massolino family took ownership of their first parcel in 1956, and new parcels directly adjoining the existing vines were purchased in 1967, 1985, and 1987. This took Massolino’s holding to the 3.5 hectares of vines.
The vines are at 250 to 360 metres’ altitude and protected from northerly winds and frost by the south/southwest aspect. This vineyard generates wines with an optimum balance of perfume, finesse, concentration and structure rarely found in Barolo. Excellent acidity and tannins are a feature of Vigna Rionda wines, so they require longer aging in botti and bottle. This is why Massolino’s Vigna Rionda is always released with a minimum of six years of age. Always aged in large cask, 2017 was the second vintage where Massolino’s Vigna Rionda also fermented in large wood. It spent 20 days on skins and then aged for 30 months in a 7,000-litre Stockinger botte.
Cellared says
Flat‑out stunning: a Vigna Rionda Riserva of grace and seduction. Silky, racy and incredibly pure—megawatt Barolo that’s still beautifully balanced. This is up there as one of the finest Barolo’s I’ve tried, its Nebbiolo amplified to the max, yet is nothing but classy, purity and precise. Probably should have got a few magnums as well.
Wine Reviews
“The 2017 Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda is flat out stunning. All the purest essence of Rionda comes through in a captivating Barolo that dazzles. Sweet red cherry fruit, kirsch, rose petal, licorice and blood orange are some of the many aromas and flavors that lift from the glass. Exotic and racy, the 2017 is a flat-out stunner. Now, for the million dollar question. Is it better than the 2016? Right now, I give an edge to the 2017 for its greater finesse and total sense of exotic beauty. But time will be the judge. I do look forward to tasting the 2016 and 2017 side by side!”
98 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous
