Roagna, Barolo Vigna Rionda, 2003 needs photo You get the richness you

You get the richness you came for

named in the local dialect for its chilly microclimate

The palate is silky yet energetic

and finished in the cellar with minimal intervention so the vineyards do the talking

25% Chardonnay

Roagna, Barolo Vigna Rionda, 2003 needs photo You get the richness youA rare crossing of two Piedmont legends: Roagna the cult Barbaresco focused traditionalist making Barolo, from Vigna Rionda, the most coveted cru of Serralunga d'Alba. This was the very first vintage of the project: in 2003 Luca Roagna began buying grapes from an old contadino farming a parcel of white limestone marl planted to ancient vines in Vigna Rionda, a collaboration that ran only through 2006 (around 8,000 bottles per vintage). The 2003 was