• Massimo Rivetti Barbaresco Froi 2020 DOCG
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Massimo Rivetti · Barbaresco, Italy

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Massimo Rivetti Barbaresco Froi 2020 DOCG

Massimo Rivetti Barbaresco Froi 2020 DOCG

Certified organic
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Robert Parker / Wine Advocate91
Wine Enthusiast91(2021)
James Suckling93(2022)
Decanter91(2017)
James Suckling92
Wine Enthusiast91
Wine Spectator92(2017)
$97.00
$97.00
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Vintage
Grape
Nebbiolo 100%
Size
750ml
Region
Barbaresco · Italy

A 5 generation family winery Massimo Rivetti has 25 hectares cultivated under organic certification with indigenous yeast and no pesticides or chemicals used Annual production is around 100.000 bottles, mainly divided between Barbaresco and Barbera d’Alba. All the fields are grouped around Froi, Garassino and Palazzina. In Froi there is the winery which is built on Serraboella hill, one of the most important for the production of Barbaresco.

Organic Colour is ruby red with garnet red high-lights. Full nose with violet and licorice notes. Acid and tannins very good and balanced. Taste is full, dry and velvety with a medium to long finish. Great fruit

Producer
The Rivetti family has farmed around Cascina Froi in Neive since 1947, with parcels grouped at Froi, Garassino and Bussolino on the Serraboella hill. Twenty-five hectares are worked organically with no pesticides or fertilisers, hand harvesting and spontaneous fermentations, producing roughly 100,000 bottles a year led by Barbaresco and Langhe Nebbiolo. Wines are aged traditionally in large Slavonian oak.

Tasting note
Colour is ruby red with garnet red high-lights. Full nose with violet and licorice notes. Acid and tannins very good and balanced. Taste is full, dry and velvety with a medium to long finish. Great fruit
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