Vietti, Barolo Riserva Villero other_regions Tasted April 2016

Tasted April 2016

Long-time winemaker Guido Rivella keeps a much lower profile

There is little doubt the 2001 is shaping up to be one of the most elegant Sorì San Lorenzos ever made

delicious and very pinot flavors yet the finish is intensely earthy and serious

This will probably always be chewy and I have put the drinking window earlier than it might otherwise be to avoid the risk of this drying out with extended bottle age

Vietti, Barolo Riserva Villero other_regions Tasted April 2016This is the 13th edition that Vietti has come out with, over the span of 38 years, of this stunning Riserva, a wine that ultimately is produced only about once every four years or so. It was not made after the previous harvest, in 2011. The recent editions have been nothing short of spectacular, earning 100 point scores in both 2007 and 2009 and 99 points in its latest appearance, 2010. It's a series that has set the bar extraordinarily high, and this