blending Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from estate vines
with a translucent palate that hides serious density and a 20-year horizon
mineral-driven character that can only come from proximity to these legendary slopes
Lay it down and check back in a decade
The finish is clean and crisp
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