Vietti Barbaresco Roncaglie 2021

96 POINTS

Monica Larner - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Past vintages of this wine were called Roncaglie Masseria, but the word Masseria has been removed. The Vietti 2021 Barbaresco Roncaglie draws its fruit from inclined vineyards that produce fruit with finesse and elegance. This pretty wine opens to a note of fragrant flower or heritage rose that accompanies you over a long, silky close. In a good vintage like 2021, vintners could push skin macerations a little longer. This wine saw 25 days on the skins compared to 22 days in the 2022 vintage. Vietti recently purchased land in Rabajà, a site that produces profound wines, and this plot in Roncaglie has a greater presence of sand in its soils, creating more floral and delicate expressions instead. This matures in large oak casks for 24 months, and production is 6,066 bottles.

95 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2021 Barbaresco Roncaglie is a powerful, tightly wound wine. Blood orange, mint, cinnamon and white pepper open, but only with great reluctance. Brisk acids and pulsating tannins need time to soften. There's fabulous density lurking beneath. This is a gorgeous wine in the making.

94 POINTS

James Suckling

An overt and multilayered nose with blood-orange juice, cinnamon, earthy strawberries and violets. Full-bodied, it shows bright definition, firm angular tannins and crisp acidity. Still austere in the finish, so try from 2026.

93 POINTS

Falstaff

Brilliant grant red colour. Intense nose with notes of cranberry, rose petal and plum. Polished tannins in the attack and on the palate, shows many layers, vivid fruit, savoury finish.

93 POINTS

Falstaff

Brilliant grant red colour. Intense nose with notes of cranberry, rose petal and plum. Polished tannins in the attack and finish, shows many layers, vivid fruit, savoury finish.Reviewers: Othmar Kiem, Simon Staffler