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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by braised on 4/6/2024: Opens to a deeply raisined, madder funk. But more mushroom than corruption. The color is tawny, like a port. The initial mouth was restrained, but not bad. So, I decanted the bottle and let it sit.
Over an hour the wine opened with dry fruits, think orange peel and tea, and fine tannins. Ultimately, I like a fresher wine but this old soldier gave a credible showing. I have Two more bottles from my mother in laws house, will report back.
Btw, cork broke. Use a Durand. (93 views) | | | Tasted by tapiom on 3/26/2024: Age had hit this bottle. There is still overripe fruit but structure is mostly gone and tertiary aromas fairly limited. Could be bottle variation, feels like 10-15 years it’s past, previous bottle around a decade ago was great (92 views) | | | Tasted by wineswithmuscles on 12/1/2022: The Vigna Rionda 1998 showed outstanding too, in perfect shape and a good drinking spot today, without any real rush though. Mature with power and noblesse. It carried a slightly more austere touch (compared to 1989) with ripe blue/purple fruits, mild licorice, crushed minerals/iron and medicinal herbs. A classic, old-school Oddero wine from a vintage that drinks beautifully today. (518 views) | | | Tasted by jonathanknowles on 2/10/2018 & rated 93 points: This is a powerful and persistent wine. Decanted for a couple of hours and drank over the course of a couple more, during which it loosened significantly. Pungent sweet bramble fruit smell, lavender, rose and some spice. Rich and concentrated in the mouth with flavours of mushroom, earth and more spice: clove, mace and anise. Leans more to lush fruit than leather. Smooth silky but still grippy tannins, just enough acid. Long finish. This is great wine. (1438 views) | | | Tasted by KenPlace on 7/25/2013 flawed bottle: Totally oxidized. Drank more like a port or a sherry than anything else. What a shame. The cork was in excellent shape. (2614 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, November/December 2002, IWC Issue #105
(Cantine Fratelli Oddero Barolo Vigna Rionda Serralunga) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Oddero Producer websiteNebbioloNebbiolo is a red grape indigenous to the Piedmont region of Italy in the Northwest. The grape can also be found in other parts of the world, though they are not as respected.
Nebbiolo is often considered the "king of red wines," as it is the grape of the famed wines of Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, and Roero DOCG. It is known for high tannins and acidity, but with a distinct finesse. When grown on clay, Nebbiolo can be very powerful, tannic, and require long aging periods to reach its full potential. When grown on sand, the grape exhibits a more approachable body with more elegant fruit and less tannins, but still has high aging potential.
"Nebbiolo" is named for the Italian word, "nebbia", which means "fog", in Italian and rightfully so since there is generally a lot of fog in the foothills of Piedmont during harvest.
Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that does best in a continental climate that boasts moderate summers and long autumns. In Piedmont, Nebbiolo is normally harvested in October.
More links:
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerVigna RiondaThe Vigna Rionda vineyard is considered one of the top vineyards (if not the top vineyard) of Serralunga d'Alba. Vigna Rionda means "round vineyard". Bruno Giacosa named his wine from this vineyard Collina Rionda, meaning "round hill", possibly a more fitting description. Vigna Rionda covers 25 hectares and lies at an altitude of 300 - 330 meters above sea level. The soil is calcarious and less clayey than many neighbouring vineyards, contributing to the structure and longevity of Vigna Rionda wines. Only the best part (south facing) of this round hill is planted with nebbiolo, the rest primarily with barbera.
Producers of Vigna Rionda Barolos are few. They include Massolino Vigna Rionda (2,3 hectares, one part planted in the early 1960s, the other part planted in the early 1970s), Oddero (1 hectare), Luigi Pira, Guido Porro, Anselma Giacomo and Bruno Giacosa (only from 1967 to 1993).
Exact outline on weinlagen.infoItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorPiedmont Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
On weinlagen-infoLanghe Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero | Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)BaroloRegional History:
The wines of Piedmont are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piedmont was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piedmontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power.
map of Barolo DOCG
An interesting thread on Traditional vs. Modern Barolo producers:
https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106291 |
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