Rated equal to, or slightly higher than, similar wines at this price point
Winery | Massolino |
|---|---|
Grapes | Nebbiolo |
Region | Barolo |
Wine style | Italian Barolo |
Alcohol content | 14.5% |
Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Wine description | Appearance: Deep garnet red. Nose: ethereal and enveloping with intense and persistent notes of sweet spices, sandalwood, tobacco and leather. Taste: structured and powerful, highlights, in the first years of life, austerity remarkable that file with the passage of time. Tannins very thick and robust making it certainly lived. The long finish shows the character of Castiglione Falletto. |
Barolo is a delicious red wine that comes from the town of the same name in the Northern Italian region of Piedmont. Literally meaning ‘Foot of the Mountain,’ Piedmont (or Piemonte in Italian) sits in the shadow of the snow-capped Alps and is one of Italy’s most beautiful regions.
Barolo must be 100% Nebbiolo, a pernickety grape supposedly named after Piedmont’s famous fog (or ‘nebbia’ in Italian...
