blending Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from estate vines
A benchmark for modern Barbera
no-irrigation character is the whole point of this bottling
with a translucent palate that hides serious density and a 20-year horizon
or a quiet evening of contemplation—this is Oregon Chardonnay at its most refined
Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Tre Tine, 2021 (1.5L) bdxcount0925 blending Pinot Noir and ChardonnayA magnum of Rinaldi is a long term bet and a party trick at once. Tre Tine means 'three vats,' for the three lots Ravera, Cannubi San Lorenzo and Le Coste vinified separately and blended the estate's old school answer to Barolo's single vineyard arms race and it's Rinaldi's most savory bottling: sour cherry and dried rose, tea leaf, salt and iron, framed by firm, honest tannin. Native yeasts, long macerations, big old Slavonian casks; the family