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2020 Barolo, Massolino, Piedmont, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Nebbiolo
Not ready
Product: 20208059123
2020 Barolo, Massolino, Piedmont, Italy

Description

Massolino’s 2020 Barolo Classico is bright in colour and personality. This is a wine engineered to be more of an expression of the vintage, rather than an expression of any particular comune. The 2020 is a fine year for that to be the guiding philosophy, and is also one of Franco’s favourite vintages. After three weeks’ total fermentation, the wine spends 30 months in large oak botti before a period of bottle ageing until release. There is a beautiful botanical brightness, fine strawberry and a basil-esque herbal complexity. Whilst there is a firm structure supporting the show, this leads with generous fruit.

Drink 2024 – 2035+

Charlie Leech, Buying Assistant, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Nebbiolo
Body Full Bodied
Producer Massolino

About this wine

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region.
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Massolino

Based in the heart of the village of Serralunga, Massolino is a historical estate now managed by Franco Massolino. The estate was established in 1896 by Franco’s great-grandfather, and its running has been deeply interwoven throughout different generations. Charming and open yet reflective, Franco combines a willingness to challenge assumptions with a deeply-felt sense of responsibility to his family legacy. This legacy, in his view, is to faithfully represent the wines and unique heritage of the region. To give the purest expression of the grape, vinification is traditional, with fermentation and maceration for around 21 days in temperature-controlled, open oak fermenters called tini. The wine is the aged in large Slovenian oak botti – no oak toast, just steamed – for up to 30 months before being left to mature in bottle.
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