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Massimo Rivetti · Barbaresco, Italy

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Massimo Rivetti Barolo 2020 DOCG

Massimo Rivetti Barolo 2020 DOCG

Certified organic
Scores & awards Vintage shown where it differs · nothing padded
James Suckling93(2019)
Robert Parker / Wine Advocate91(2019)
Wine Spectator92(2018)
James Suckling94(2016)
Robert Parker / Wine Advocate94(2016)
Decanter92(2017)
Wine Enthusiast91(2016)
$108.00
$108.00
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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 Tasting Notes Made with organically farmed grapes, this opens with aromas of rose petal, incense and leather. The structured palate offers red cherry, licorice and cinnamon alongside youthfully austere fine-grained tannins.

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
Made with organically farmed grapes, this opens with aromas of rose petal, incense and leather. The structured palate offers red cherry, licorice and cinnamon alongside youthfully austere fine-grained tannins.
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