Today, we offer another gorgeous suite of Piemonte finery from one of the region’s top addresses. Massolino cellarmaster Giovanni Angeli summed it up best when he told us that if you didn’t make delicious wines in 2020, something went very wrong! “It was a great harvest,” he told us. “Definitely one of the few positive things we’ll remember from this Covid-affected year. The resulting wines are beautifully expressive, aromatic and supple, with excellent freshness and classical tannins. The overall impression is of finesse, vibrant purity and fine structure that will allow the wines to seduce from a young age. So, we get the best of both worlds: a terrific year for aging and restaurant drinking alike.As the Barbaresco wines are bottled a year earlier than the Barolo, the new vintage is 2021, and these are clearly the finest Barbarescos Massolino has produced so far! It was a classically timed harvest, beginning in October, and the wines have terrific depth of sweet, floral-scented fruit, compelling structure and excellent, perfumed length. Some in the region draw comparisons with the outstanding 2016 vintage. Regardless, Massolino has taken to Barbaresco like a duck to water, and the super classy 2021 cuvées will give lovers of fine Nebbiolo enormous pleasure.Giovanni Angeli and Franco Massolino are justly proud of their entry-level wines. Nick Stock put it impeccably when, back in the day, he described the range as “near-perfect”. Since then, the Massolino team has only made further progress in their vineyards and cantina. They are harvesting more pristine grapes than ever before, and the move towards gentler winemaking shines through in the wines’ purity and effortless balance. Put simply, you cannot go wrong!