Massolino

The classic Massolino's family Barolo, ever the one that best represents the corporate style in full respect of tradition, in the name of cleanliness and detail. It is from about 10 hectares mainly in the municipality of Serralunga d'Alba, with a balance of 5% of the town of Castiglione Falletto. The fermentation takes place in steel and / or concrete, with maceration of 20/30 days in contact with the skins. The aging continues for 24 months in wood, and for 16 months in glass. The result is an elegant wine, fleshy, marked the nose with classic notes of rose and licorice and safe to drink.

The Margheria Barolo Massolino comes from a plot of 1.5 hectares of vineyards placed to 340 meters above sea level and facing south. The Massolino family falls in its own right among the best performers of this cru, which in the cup looks like a warm and Barolo expressive, characterized, on the nose, from the peculiar minerals and ferrous and notes on the palate, by an endless salt trail. For this wine the skins is about three weeks, while the aging lasts 30 months in large oak barrels from Slavonia and 18 months in bottle.

Product for the first time in 1982, the "Vigna Rionda" Massolino represents the flagship of the company. It's a wine of great structure that comes from one of the best entire denomination CRU. It's born from a maceration on the skins of 25/30 days in steel containers and a 72 months aging (six years), including 42 in casks of 40 hectoliters and 30 in bottle. It is a Barolo from imposing structure, tannic and mineral, extremely slow to mature, but that eventually reaches a world-class.

Is perfect for snacking on salami and cheese or to open the meal with plates of sliced or ground. The first courses of pasta, risotto, soups and meats, especially grilled, emphasize good body and pleasant to drink.

Thanks to meticulous care in the vineyard and very particular vinification, supervised almost obsessively, even in these lands which traditionally produce red wines, it is possible to obtain a rich and potent white, capable of ageing for many years and giving authentic emotions, which almost surprise even the most demanding palates.

Brilliant straw yellow with good fine and persistent perlage; keeps a limited prize as it recommends the tradition of this wine. Attractive, with great freshness and intensity, reveals fruity notes decided among which undoubtedly the sage is overwhelming. Enveloping and enveloping, it turns out not too sweet; It is naturally dominating the aroma typical of the grapefruit and has a very long and delicious finish.

The excellent exposure and give low yields grapes that yield an excellent wine with great complexity. Barbera is a very important grape able to point across.

Is the product Massolino which allows to approach the great emotions offered by a leading fruit wine from the Langhe Nebbiolo grapes exclusively. A more immediate drinkability, and allow to come close to this glass without the "awe" that is usually recognized in Barolo wine.