This was also relatively reduced and impossible to evaluate

Dark stone fruit

the use of French oak has become more measured and the Barolos are now among the elite wines of the region in virtually every vintage

there seems to be no end to this estates ambition

this is not to say that it is an elegant wine though it is less youthfully austere than I typically find with this wine

Vietti, Barbaresco Masseria other_regions This was also relatively reducedThe 2016 Barbaresco Masseria represents its own chapter in the volumes of wines that make up the Vietti portfolio. Masseria is always delicate and fine, and this is even more true in a classic vintage such as this. This wine has historically seen its fruit come from the Neive subzone of the Barbaresco appellation, and you'll notice some of the tightly polished and glossy tannins that are associated with this area. In fact, the wine is deceiving in