Barolo Rivera di Castiglione Oddero 1998

Wine features

The description

Rocche di Castglione is one of Castiglione Falletto's great vineyards, the wisdom among locals being that nebbiolo grown on this south-east-facing slope has a beguiling aromatic character all its own.

This may have something to do with the slightly sandy soil and rock-hard substratum that produce more delicate fruit than most of the other great vineyards in the communes of Castiglione Falletto and Monforte d'Alba. Oddero owns 2/3 of a hectare of 65-year-old vines. Like the Vigna Rionda, this '98 was vinified using a long maceration and extended ageing in large Slavonian oak.

Food matches

Red meat, game meat.