{"product_id":"massolino-albesani-barbaresco-2023","title":"Massolino 'Albesani' Barbaresco 2023","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTE: \u003c\/strong\u003e“The 2023 Barbaresco Albesani soars from the glass with floral top notes, citrus nuances and red-toned fruit. A wine of elegance and sophistication, the Albesani is impressive. A relatively light extraction brings out the more refined side of Albesani, a site where the wines are often bigger and broader. Red cherry\/plum fruit, blood orange, cinnamon, rose petal, crushed rocks and mint are beautifully delineated.” \u003cstrong\u003e95 Points - Antonio Galloni, Vinous\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE WINE: \u003c\/strong\u003eOn the western hills above Neive, Albesani is one of Barbaresco's most revered vineyards. From very early days, the Massolino family bottled this cru separately for its finesse — a judgment echoed by Alessandro Masnaghetti's Barbaresco MGA, which calls out the combination of soil, stature and exposure in this vineyard as one of the greatest in the Langhe. Of the two hectares the family farms, only 0.6 hectares go into this bottling — the parcel at the top of the vineyard (260 metres), with the poorest blue marl soils and the oldest vines (50 years).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE PRODUCER: \u003c\/strong\u003eFounded in 1896 by the enterprising Giovanni Massolino—he was the first to bring electricity to the town—the estate is based in and around the town of Serralunga d’Alba, one of the prime sub-zones of Barolo. Today, the keys of this historical estate belong to Franco and Roberto Massolino who work with gifted, ex-Vajra winemaker Giovanni Angeli. Behind Massolino’s rise to the apex of Barolo lies their remarkable collections of Serralunga vineyards, including choice parcels of such famous sites as; Margheria, Parafada and the legendary Vigna Rionda where the Massolino family is the largest holders with 3.5 hectares of vines (two are planted to Nebbiolo) between 40 and 50 years old. Outside of this commune, Massolino also tends vines in the great Parussi Cru of Castiglione Falletto. Massolino’s Barolos sit comfortably among the finest of the region—they are wines of wonderful purity and elegance.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe quality strides at this estate over the last decade or so have been truly remarkable with significant advances made, particularly in the vineyards. The Massolino Estate has now been organic for six years with no herbicides used for ten. The evolution of the work in the vineyards over that time has been impressive and is showing through in the wines. The team has introduced more competition through grass cover, and no systemic chemicals are used: only copper and sulphur against mildew and only ‘sexual confusion’ to combat pests. \u003c\/span\u003eToday the Nebbiolo-based wines of Massolino sit comfortably among the finest of the region—they are wines of wonderful purity and elegance. In one sense they are ‘traditional’ and yet they offer the best of the “old” and “new” worlds: pure, aromatic, textural, deeply flavoured wines that are at the same time precise, vibrant and distinctly regional. 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