Oddero
Vigna Rionda Riserva Barolo Nebbiolo
Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
4/24/22 Hot vintage. Early harvest. Tad fecal. Blows off. Most limestone in Barolo, pure white soils. Still has good acidity.
4/24/22 Hot vintage. Early harvest. Tad fecal. Blows off. Most limestone in Barolo, pure white soils. Still has good acidity.
May 18th, 2022Orange peel. Dried cherries. Dark. Warm. Brooding. Cassis. Violets. Amazing intensity but bright, alive.
Orange peel. Dried cherries. Dark. Warm. Brooding. Cassis. Violets. Amazing intensity but bright, alive.
Apr 28th, 2022
A follow up birthday celebration that was a dual celebration of Sofia & our friend Judy with friends.
I started decanting this at 3:30 and it finally blossomed after nearly six hours in the decanter. I was concerned that maybe it was going to be a second day wine and readied back up bottles.
Served out of magnum and still a beast. I acquired this from the secondary market a number of weeks back. So, it was someone else’s storage. When I opened it, the wine had run about halfway along the cork & slid slightly. Early on, it gave me reason for concern. The taste was slightly off as was the nose...not bad. But, not what I expected tasting it over the first two hours. It was at this point, I pulled a couple of back up bottles.
After I put it back into the bottle and re-decanted it at our friends house, it slowly started to blossom.
The first two hours, it had a fair amount of funk & huge tannins. Many of the aeronautics were dull.
After five hours, the fruits were beautifully, bright, floral, ripe & slightly sour dark cherries, dark currants, black raspberries, black raspberries, plums, raspberries, incense, ambers, anise, very dark spices, pronounced cinnamon stick, nutmeg, clove & vanilla, tobacco, leather, cedar, dry crushed rocks, limestone, deluded, rich, dark soils, truly, elegant, brilliant florals that were dark, red, some blue, framed in some of the most beautiful florals of violets & lavender I’ve experienced. The acidity was a spot on running river. The finish was; glorious, well balanced & knitted, elegant, fruit juicy, landing squarely on spice & earth as it long set & lasting several minutes.
Beautiful wine after hours of stubbornness.
Paired with my slow cooked two day meat sauce. 14 seasonings, whole pork roast braised in oil & garlic and placed into the sauce until it shreds apart, pepperoni & Italian bread crumb meatballs. The best I’ve made it in 30 years of making it. I never measure anything but, going to have to very specifically write down what I did this time. 🤔😜🍝
A follow up birthday celebration that was a dual celebration of Sofia & our friend Judy with friends.
I started decanting this at 3:30 and it finally blossomed after nearly six hours in the decanter. I was concerned that maybe it was going to be a second day wine and readied back up bottles.
Served out of magnum and still a beast. I acquired this from the secondary market a number of weeks back. So, it was someone else’s storage. When I opened it, the wine had run about halfway along the cork & slid slightly. Early on, it gave me reason for concern. The taste was slightly off as was the nose...not bad. But, not what I expected tasting it over the first two hours. It was at this point, I pulled a couple of back up bottles.
After I put it back into the bottle and re-decanted it at our friends house, it slowly started to blossom.
The first two hours, it had a fair amount of funk & huge tannins. Many of the aeronautics were dull.
After five hours, the fruits were beautifully, bright, floral, ripe & slightly sour dark cherries, dark currants, black raspberries, black raspberries, plums, raspberries, incense, ambers, anise, very dark spices, pronounced cinnamon stick, nutmeg, clove & vanilla, tobacco, leather, cedar, dry crushed rocks, limestone, deluded, rich, dark soils, truly, elegant, brilliant florals that were dark, red, some blue, framed in some of the most beautiful florals of violets & lavender I’ve experienced. The acidity was a spot on running river. The finish was; glorious, well balanced & knitted, elegant, fruit juicy, landing squarely on spice & earth as it long set & lasting several minutes.
Beautiful wine after hours of stubbornness.
Paired with my slow cooked two day meat sauce. 14 seasonings, whole pork roast braised in oil & garlic and placed into the sauce until it shreds apart, pepperoni & Italian bread crumb meatballs. The best I’ve made it in 30 years of making it. I never measure anything but, going to have to very specifically write down what I did this time. 🤔😜🍝
Medium light garnet , wide terracotta rim . Touch more dried red currant , black tea , herbal hints , menthol . On the palate this shows a bit more age , with dried dark cherry, black tea , and herbal , dried spices . Tannin is a little firm and perhaps a little rustic , balanced acidity . A notch below the 2011 on this showing . This is probably at peak now , to drink over the next 5-8 years
Medium light garnet , wide terracotta rim . Touch more dried red currant , black tea , herbal hints , menthol . On the palate this shows a bit more age , with dried dark cherry, black tea , and herbal , dried spices . Tannin is a little firm and perhaps a little rustic , balanced acidity . A notch below the 2011 on this showing . This is probably at peak now , to drink over the next 5-8 years
Apr 5th, 2025Medium garnet core with garnet terracotta rim . Slightly more dry spice on the nose , porcini , dark tea , and dried rose . This is more tertiary on the palate too with dried mushroom , black tea , sweet dried red cherry and rose . This has quite fresh acidity and medium gritty tannins . Less body and structure than the 2012 but well balanced. This is showing well and will continue well for the next 5-8 years
Medium garnet core with garnet terracotta rim . Slightly more dry spice on the nose , porcini , dark tea , and dried rose . This is more tertiary on the palate too with dried mushroom , black tea , sweet dried red cherry and rose . This has quite fresh acidity and medium gritty tannins . Less body and structure than the 2012 but well balanced. This is showing well and will continue well for the next 5-8 years
Apr 5th, 2025Medium garnet ruby core and quite wide garnet rim . This shows some development with rose , porcini , dark cherry , balsamic hint, spiced strawberry, iodine . On the palate this is quite deep and tannic , with a strong mineral note, dark cherry , violets, good balanced acidity and good iron filling finish . This needs a little more time to integrate further the quite present tannins . So better in 5 or so years and will last well a further 10 or so. Promising .
Medium garnet ruby core and quite wide garnet rim . This shows some development with rose , porcini , dark cherry , balsamic hint, spiced strawberry, iodine . On the palate this is quite deep and tannic , with a strong mineral note, dark cherry , violets, good balanced acidity and good iron filling finish . This needs a little more time to integrate further the quite present tannins . So better in 5 or so years and will last well a further 10 or so. Promising .
Apr 5th, 2025
Wine moved around too much. Didn’t rally wow.
Wine moved around too much. Didn’t rally wow.
Jan 2nd, 2023バローロ最高峰の作り手 ODDERO
一等畑のVIGNARIONDAの2007年RISERVA
マグナムボトル。
絹の様な滑らかさ。
子羊の炭焼きにピタリ
バローロ最高峰の作り手 ODDERO
一等畑のVIGNARIONDAの2007年RISERVA
マグナムボトル。
絹の様な滑らかさ。
子羊の炭焼きにピタリ
