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Maccarello Giuseppe E Figlio Monprivato Barolo 2005
Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, ItalyMauro Mascarello has been winemaker for Giuseppe Mascarello since the late 1960s, succeeding his father, Giuseppe, and his grandfather, Maurizio, both legends in their time. In their footsteps, Mauro is a traditionalist dedicated to long fermentations and aging in old botti. However, Mauro has made his own mark on the family estate, namely Monprivato, a highly prized single vineyard Barolo from this special site, recognized as "cru" quality since the 1600s. On these south-west facing chalky marl soils, nebbiolo finds a happy home (the nebbiolo clone first planted here by Maurizio in 1921). Even in this off-classic year, the wine charms with dusty stone, dried cherry, leather and perfumed raspberry notes carrying through to the palate. Lean, but firmly so, with a cushion of medicinal cherry, raspberry and rose petals, all swathed in sueded, tugging tannins. A fine vein of acidity hums throughout, to a lengthy, finely salted finish. Complex and mysterious at this young (at 11 years old) age. If you have this in your cellar, relax and keep it there, it will be fine for another ten years. If you open it now, decant, then enjoy with some aged cheeses or truffled pasta.Tasted: 08 November 2016Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $150.00 | 750ml | private wine shops |
Grape: Nebbiolo
