Barbaresco Roncaglie Masseria 2020

VIETTI

Barbaresco Roncaglie Masseria
2020

Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
Region
Piedmont
Appellation
Barbaresco
Varietal(s)
Nebbiolo 100 %
Alcohol percentage
14,5%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website

About this winery

The history of the Vietti winery traces its roots back to the 19th Century. Only at the beginning of the 20th century, however, did the Vietti name become a winery offering its own wines in bottle. Patriarch Mario Vietti, starting from 1919 made the first Vietti wines, selling most of the production in Italy. His most significant achievement was to transform the family farm, engaged in many fields, into a grape-growing and wine-producing business. Then, in 1952, Alfredo Currado (Luciana...

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Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 94 points -

(Vintage 2018)

This wine shows its MGA name "Roncaglie" on the front label for the first time. That's because Vietti recently acquired additional land in this cru site. The total holdings now span two hectares of vines. The 2018 Barbaresco Roncaglie Masseria is made as if it were a Barolo (instead of a Barbaresco) and is released one year after its peers. It shows tart fruit and dried cranberry with some mild spice and tarry smoke from two years in large oak casks. Exactly 5,026 bottles were made.

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Wine Spectator

- 93 points -

(Vintage 2018)

Starts with earthy aromas giving way to cherry, raspberry and savory hay and eucalyptus flavors, with more fruit coming to the fore with time in glass. Solidly built, this is dense, racy and compact on the menthol finish. Best from 2025 through 2040.

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Decanter

- 90 points -

(Vintage 2018)

Ripe intense red-fruits nose, stylish. High degree of chalky tannins but acidity is fresh with a sweet violet flavour, Has polish and finesse.

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