#8 on Hi-Time's Top Italian Wines of 2024
Massolino's sleek house style gives their calling-card Barolo a classic profile, but with a bit more openness and precision than the old school. The Serralunga d'Alba estate has been family-run since 1896, and in the years and generations that have followed, they've accumulated some top vineyard plots and gradually perfected their art. This allows them to blend from multiple sites to make a more balanced and accessible Barolo on release. With almost all of this classic, calling-card Barolo sourced from their Serralunga vineyards, it really represents their home area.
The 2019 edition is a standout "everyday" Barolo, with a sense of poise and energetic lift: it's medium-full in body with a firm, finely-etched tannic structure, brilliant acidity, and a beguiling perfume that meshes Nebbiolo's brilliant ripe red fruits and floral aromas with dark spices (like licorice), tobacco, and a Serralunga earthy streak, like 'crushed stone' and iron-ore. Let this open up in a decanter for a couple hours and it'll shine with simple but rich dishes like paté, cheeses like Castelmagno or Toma, smoked brisket and beef ribs (no sauce, just the wine), and roast duck with a red wine sauce. Organically farmed.
WINE ADVOCATE 94 POINTS - "In the light cream-colored label, the 2019 Barolo is elegant and contained, showing a very focused and linear style that makes a great impression and awakens the senses. There is wild cherry, blue flower and crushed stone backed by balanced freshness and tannins. The wine ages in large Slavonian oak casks for 30 months, and 85,000 bottles were released.
Massolino's sleek house style gives their calling-card Barolo a classic profile, but with a bit more openness and precision than the old school. The Serralunga d'Alba estate has been family-run since 1896, and in the years and generations that have followed, they've accumulated some top vineyard plots and gradually perfected their art. This allows them to blend from multiple sites to make a more balanced and accessible Barolo on release. With almost all of this classic, calling-card Barolo sourced from their Serralunga vineyards, it really represents their home area.
The 2019 edition is a standout "everyday" Barolo, with a sense of poise and energetic lift: it's medium-full in body with a firm, finely-etched tannic structure, brilliant acidity, and a beguiling perfume that meshes Nebbiolo's brilliant ripe red fruits and floral aromas with dark spices (like licorice), tobacco, and a Serralunga earthy streak, like 'crushed stone' and iron-ore. Let this open up in a decanter for a couple hours and it'll shine with simple but rich dishes like paté, cheeses like Castelmagno or Toma, smoked brisket and beef ribs (no sauce, just the wine), and roast duck with a red wine sauce. Organically farmed.
WINE ADVOCATE 94 POINTS - "In the light cream-colored label, the 2019 Barolo is elegant and contained, showing a very focused and linear style that makes a great impression and awakens the senses. There is wild cherry, blue flower and crushed stone backed by balanced freshness and tannins. The wine ages in large Slavonian oak casks for 30 months, and 85,000 bottles were released.
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