Germano Barolo Vignarionda Piedmonte 2016

Vigna Rionda, as it was once mostly called, saw its name change definitively to the present-day Vignarionda (one word) with the advent of the official Menzioni Geografiche Aggiuntive (MGA) classification that lists all of today’s Barolo and Barbaresco cru names. Name changes notwithstanding, it is clear that this specific vineyard has long enjoyed a hallowed reputation for the quality of its grapes, with individual growers and especially the negozianti (brokers and négociants) clamouring to buy grapes from it every vintage.

—Michele Longo