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The 2019 bottling seamlessly combines fruit from three MGAs in a wine that is fresh and elegant, its crisp red fruit tones propelled by brisk acidity. ....
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What Makes a Great Barolo Vintage? Establishing a Framework BY ANTONIO GALLONI | MAY 11, 2021 What makes a great Barolo vintage? Unlike some regions, Bordeaux being the most notable, Piedmont does not have an established framework that sets out the criteria required for a vintage to be considered very high in potential quality. Clearly many observers have views, but I have never seen them codified. What follows is my framework of objective criteria that are necessary in order for a Barolo (or Barbaresco) vintage to be considered truly great. It is inspired by the late Denis Dubourdieu and the model he developed for assessing young Bordeaux vintages and the research my colleague Alessandro Masnaghetti has done in collecting and analyzing weather, harvest dates and other data. To that, I add my 20+ years of visiting the region and all of the information I have gathered in speaking with winemakers, agronomists and other professionals over that time, plus drinking more tha ....