Giuseppe Mascarello - Barolo Monprivato 2020

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Producer	Giuseppe Mascarello
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Subregion	Barolo
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Vintage	2020
Sku	12017374
Size	750ml

 

From one of Barolo's greatest vineyards and producers comes a classic wine that I am usually allocated just a case or two before it immediately sells out. But today I have received a very generous allocation of this magnificent wine, (still just a handful of cases though.) We opened it immediately on arrival and we were awestruck, our senses overwhelmed with aromas and flavors that are about as good as you can expect from the Nebbiolo grape in this superb terroir.

Warm kirsch tones, dried red cherry, savory herbs, leather, spice, nicely supported by super fine tannins. It is silky and seductive, but also powerful, layered and complex at the same time showing great potential for the future. Yet it is drinking amazingly well, even at this tender age, and there is another gear of underlying depth and richness that will emerge with 5-10 years in the cellar.

Historic producer of Monprivato, one of Barolo’s most prized crus Mauro Mascarello is one of the last of the old guard of traditional producers who paved the way for the current generation Beginning with the 1993 vintage, they have released a special Riserva from the Ca’ d’Morissio parcel — the sweet spot of the Monprivato cru in Castiglione Falletto Produces great Freisa and Barbera as well as Barolo from Monprivato, Villero and Santo Stefano di Perno. The Mauro Mascarello family MONPRIVATO vineyard is located in the village of Castiglione Falletto, and is a classic prime medium-hillside site stretching over six hectares (15 acres) at 280 metres above sea level, in the heart of the Barolo wine-growing area. It is historic vineyard, as is confirmed by old land registry archives dating back to 1666.

• SOIL: Silty, calcareous, packed with active limestone, composed of blue-grey marl of marine formation from the Helvetian era of the Miocene epoch, Tertiary period.
• VITICULTURE: Hand harvested towards the middle of October. Estate-grown bunches thinned during the summer undergo traditional-style, floating cap fermentation for 20/25 days.
• VINIFICATION: Estate-grown bunches thinned during the summer undergo traditional-style, floating cap fermentation for 20/25 days.
• AGING: The wine is then matured in medium-sized Slavonian oak barrels for around 38 months.