[SOLD-OUT] Massolino Barolo Parafada 2012

Wine Front 95+ points!
“Black cherry, framboise (liqueur), baking spices, liquorice and new leather. Full bodied, dense and packed with firm emery tannin, brooding earthy flavours, alongside fragrant tea, precise and fresh acidity, and an almost marzipan scented finish of superb length. The motor is purring, the boot is fully packed, there’s a long journey ahead, but be patient; the destination is Pleasure.”
Gary Walsh, Wine Front, Septmeber 2016

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James Suckling 93 points!
“A 2012 with plenty of fruit and spice character including chili and red pepper. Full body, firm and silky tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Very polished tannins. Lasts for minutes. Better in 2019 when the tannins slightly soften”
James Suckling, March 2013

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Antonio Galloni 92+ points!
“The 2012 Barolo Parafada is the deepest of the Massolino Barolos. Dark red cherry, plum, spice, mint and licorice are fused together. Texturally, the Parafada is dense and beautifully textured, with a lovely sense of inner poise that gives the wine its direction. It will be interesting to see how much it blossoms in bottle.”
Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

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In 1957, Parafada was the Massolino family’s first prime parcel of Serralunga and it is still home to their oldest vines. Massolino own a 1.13 hectare parcel that rises steeply from 300 to 340 metres above sea level and faces due south, catching the full face of the sun. These factors, plus the denser, marly, lime-infused, more compact clay soils, typically result in the richest, most powerful wine of the three Serralunga crus. Again this is a vineyard that seems to get better and better with each vintage, producing better balanced and more delicious wines than ever before. The 2012 is a blinder – deep and earthy with both sweet and savoury fruit and the structure that we expect of this terroir. Surprising finesse for the vintage and again, 24 months in botti. 
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Country:

Italy

Region:

Italy - Barolo

Variety:

Wine Red - Nebbiolo

Size:

750mL