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Castello di Verduno, Barolo Monvigliero Riserva 2011
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
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.
About the Producer
The castle was built in 1631 and it was the summer house of King Carlo Alberto of the House of Savoy (father of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of an unified Italy in 1861). Carlo Alberto is a big fan of Barolo and he liked the wine so much that he started to make Barolo himself at Castello di Verduno with the help of General Paolo Francesco Staglieno. Nowadays, this estate is in the hands of Gabriella Burlotto (Scroll down for more details about the Burlotto family) and her husband Franco Bianco. Gabriella treated her vineyards as part of the extension of her house and the vineyards were worked organic since the 1970s. This is a traditionalist estate making elegant but structural Nebbiolo wines. Same as the first dry Barolo wines, only natural yeasts are used and there is no fining nor filtration.
