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 Vintage2000 Label 1 of 3 
TypeRed
ProducerVigna Rionda - Massolino (web)
VarietyNebbiolo
DesignationRiserva
VineyardVigna Rionda
CountryItaly
RegionPiedmont
SubRegionLanghe
AppellationBarolo

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 12 notes)

 Tasted by Thralow on 8/29/2009 & rated 94 points: Finally, this is what we had been expecting from this wine. Is it possible to be opulent and simple? Graceful and complex?

Wonderfully Italian. (361 views)
 Tasted by ChinonRouge on 6/27/2009 & rated 91 points: Right now this is an elegant but subdued bottle of wine. You are advised to hold. While very good, it is too early to drink it. (522 views)
 Tasted by MauriceE on 5/16/2009 & rated 94 points: From magnum. Tried immediately after decanting, then very tight, hardly any nose.Then waited over three hours (during the rest of the dinner). After this a very rich, fruity nose. After Ch Margaux 1989 this is so different, but also so very good! It just kept on opening up, layer after layer. Excellent wine, but this still needs serious cellaring, without enough time or air this wine doesn't show much. (605 views)
 Tasted by sstra on 5/8/2009 & rated 92 points: Light classic nebbbiolo colour, with aromas of tar, wood and some fruit. Elegant and balanced flavours with tar, strong but gentle tannins and long and excellent aftertaste. I found this excellent and quite drinkable now. I did not decant this other than letting it sit in the glass for some time. (621 views)
 Tasted by baroloboy55 on 11/29/2008 & rated 91 points: Well made. Opened at 11 am and decanted and served at dinner at 7 pm. Tannins took several hours to recede. Beautiful, restrained, classic serralunga nose predmonated by winter spices, red fruit, slight rose petals. On the palate, with the air round and medium finish. Elements came together nicely. Not the depth of a classic vintage, but with air rounds out well for a more burgundian nebbiolo experience. Quite fine and will gladly go back to more. (804 views)
 Tasted by Thralow on 3/18/2008 & rated 89 points: (884 views)
 Tasted by bogrumpus on 3/6/2008 & rated 91 points: Ruby color with shade of rust. Nose of cedar, spice, earth, leather. Initial green cedary funk that was quickly overcome by intense tannins. These slowly resolved into a metallic strawberry that was strong and and not entirely pleasant. The finish did go on but it wasn't a smooth finish. Again, metallic with notes of red fruit. I'd be curious to see what this is like in 5 years. I bought this based on WS rating of 98 but was apprehensive given Galloni's rating of 91-93. It's only been open for an hour but I bet it will be slightly better with air, but again, I think several years of cellaring is key. (1288 views)
 Tasted by Thralow on 11/29/2007 & rated 90 points: Nice complexity but not as good as the price would indicate. (1561 views)
 Tasted by wineismylife on 11/8/2007 & rated 90 points: WIML90?

Tasted blind November 8, 2007 at an offline. Opened and served immediately. Garnet color in the glass, dusty looking. Nose a little hot with up front aromas of Kirsch followed by more subdued aromas of perfume. Moderate acidity, firm tannins, medium body. Hold. (1493 views)
 Tasted by Thralow on 9/2/2007 & rated 88 points: Second bottle in that last few days. Just to double check... not as good as hoped. (1751 views)
 Tasted by Thralow on 9/2/2007 & rated 89 points: Probably needs to age more. (1739 views)
 Tasted by carlwhat on 4/26/2007: perhaps this wine was shut down... but it did not impress... (1909 views)

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The 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, Anselma Giacomo and Bruno Giacosa (only from 1967 to 1993).
Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctor
Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)
Regional History: The wines of Piemonte are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piemonte was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piemontese 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.

 
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