Roagna, Barolo Vigna Rionda, 2003 needs photo named in the local dialect

named in the local dialect for its chilly microclimate

The palate is razor-sharp but layered

25% Chardonnay

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Roagna, Barolo Vigna Rionda, 2003 needs photo named in the local dialectA 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