2012 Massolino Barolo Riserva Vigna Rionda

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93 points

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  11/9/2022 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

  From the wine list at Osteria del 36, Parma. This was lovely from start to finish - pretty nose of cherries and roses. On the palate this was light, elegant and silky. In a really good place now.

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  1/17/2021 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  deliciously floral nose, with a mouth on a magnificent tangy fruit, this bottle would almost have passed for a beautiful blind pinot.
  Only the final remains a little compact. It will really make a beautiful bottle in a few years.

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  8/7/2019 - Dionysos 1920 wrote: 92 Points

  Au restaurant à Monforte d'Alba, assez dure, manque de fruit, ne s’est pas réellement ouverte pendant le repas, puissante mais sans beaucoup de plaisir, attendre

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  10/18/2018 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Perfumed, with notes of cloves, some spices, dark fruit, tar, some crushed flowers, also some mineral notes and cedar. It‘s medium-full bodied, but lighter in mid-palate, has medium+ tannin and medium+ acidity. Good length. This seems to be a Vigna Rionda that will drink well earlier but lacks the thrill of the best vintages.
  
  As quite a few of the 2012, this lacks a little bit in mid-palate depth to be truly profound. Similar showing on day 2 and 3.

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  10/5/2018 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  2018 Visit to Massolino: A Barolo with four years in (relatively neutral) oak, followed by two years in bottle. “2012 is an interesting, classical vintage”, Alessandro opined. The best wine at the tasting. A beautiful bouquet. Complex, a compote of red and black berries and cherries, cinnamon and other baking spices and rose petals. Closed on palate. Huge fruit volume, structure and power but very well balanced. A complex flavour profile but with slate and iron at its centre. It needs 8-10 more years in the cellar.

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