1971 | Fontanafredda | Barolo Hot on Sale

1971 | Fontanafredda | Barolo

Red Wine: 1971 | Fontanafredda | Barolo

Magnificent wine. Red colored, earthy smell but so fruity and elegant when tasting. The 1971 Fontanafredda is a beautiful, fully mature Barolo. It offers an evolved nose of leather, tobacco, spices, and meat. What a joy! 

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Producer: Fontanafredda

Ratings: WA | 91 

Vintage: 1971

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Nebbiolo

Country/Region: Italy, Piemonte

Detailed Description

The 1971 Fontanafredda is a beautiful, fully mature Barolo. Magnificent wine. Red colored, earthy smell but so fruity and elegant when tasting. It offers an evolved nose of leather, tobacco, spices, and meat. The fruit has mostly faded, and although the wine offers modest depth, it really comes to life at the table where it offers immense drinking pleasure.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 1971 Fontanafredda is a beautiful, fully mature Barolo. It offers an evolved nose of leather, tobacco, spices, and meat. The fruit has mostly faded, and although the wine offers modest depth, it really comes to life at the table where it offers immense drinking pleasure.

Producer Information

The history of Fontanafredda is a noble one. It began in 1858 after the unification of Italy, when the country’s first king, Vittorio Emanuele II, purchased this beautiful estate in Piedmont’s Langhe region. Here he started producing wine from native varietals, Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo, which later developed into a commercial business under the direction of the King’s son, Count Mirafiori. Fontanafredda released their first Nebbiolo labeled as Barolo with the 1878 vintage. The estate enjoyed incredible prosperity until just after the turn of the century, but the proceeding Phylloxera plague, the Great Depression and the World Wars took their toll on the business and the property was sold to Italy’s oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena.Decades later in 2008, visionary businessman and Piedmont native, Oscar Farinetti, purchases a majority stake of the Fontanafredda estate and wineries, bringing new life into one of Italy’s most heralded properties.