Score and Awards
A wine score is the quickest, simplest way for a wine critic to communicate their opinion about the quality of a wine.
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Tasting Notes
The Barolo "Riserva" is a deeply expressive wine, showcasing an intense garnet-red hue with ruby highlights. Its complex bouquet reveals black cherry, tobacco, dried mushrooms, and a medley of spices like nutmeg and pepper, alongside balsamic notes of resin and mint. On the palate, it is warm and silky, with sweet, velvety tannins balanced by fresh acidity, leading to a long, persistent finish.
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Vinification and Aging
Vinification: Traditional fermentation lasts about 15 days in stainless steel vats with a floating cap at a controlled temperature (30-31°C). The must then remains on the skins for another 15 days to enhance polyphenol extraction and initiate malolactic fermentation.
Aging: The wine matures for one year in Allier barriques, followed by two years in either Allier or Slavonian oak casks. After gentle clarification, it is bottled for further aging, with a minimum total maturation of 62 months, including at least 30 months in wooden barrels.
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Terroir
Rich in clay and calcareous marl with sand.
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Producer
Fontanafredda -
Colour
Red -
Variety
Nebbiolo -
Vintage
2016 -
Country
Italy -
Region
Piedmont -
Appellation
Barolo Riserva DOCG -
Alcohol percentage
14.5%
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SAQ Pickup
Orders will be delivered to one of the 145 SAQ locations authorized to handle private imports. You will be asked to select the SAQ location where you wish to collect your order.
Please note that we currently do not offer home delivery.
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Service Fees
The service fees will be paid to GALLEON when your order is placed on our website (galleonwines.ca) and the product cost is payable to the SAQ at the pickup location.