Castello di Verduno

Barolo, Riserva, Monvigliero, 2011

Name: Barolo, Riserva, Monvigliero
Brand: Castello di Verduno
Price: 564.32 GBP

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2011
75cl
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2011
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Gorgeous airy and high toned aromas precede a palate that is suave and classy. Ripe and generous yet ethereal and lifted. Effortless flavours of damson, cherry, Victoria plum and forest berry breeze across the palate finishing with a spark of minerality that adds complexity and energy to the wine. A stunning beauty. A very steep south facing vineyard from Verduno, which, unusually for the area, has a relatively high chalk content. Giving a firmness and mineral backbone to the wine. The area is also influenced by the closer proximity to the river where there are big day/night temperature differences that help build up aroma in the wines. Monvigliero is steeper and has poorer soils than the Massara, producing intense and concentrated wines. Aged for three years in large slavonian cask, followed by two - three years in bottle. Less than 3000 bottles were produced.

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Critic Reviews

89/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

Castello di Verduno's 2011 Barolo Riserva Monvigliero is dark and powerful. Like many wines in this vintage, the Riserva presents slightly roasted quality to its fruit, along with a profile of tobacco, game, leather, licorice and dried herbs that suggest the wine is on a relatively fast aging curve. I would prefer to drink this hearty Barolo over the next handful of years or so. This is an especially tannic, forbidding, rustic wine within the context of the Monvigliero vineyard.

drinking window 2019 - 2026

date of review 10/2017

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.