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Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2020

Bartolo Mascarello Barolo

2020

£273.95

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TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%

The wine

For many it is the most authentic Barolo that exists. The one that, thanks to the stubbornness of the legendary and late lamented Bartolo, has resisted all trends, even the very lucrative cru one. The Mascarello Barolo is the classic blend of Nebbiolo grapes from different plots, precisely the four owned by the winery, located between Barolo and La Morra. An eco-sustainable approach, even if not certified, and of course traditional refinement in large barrels. A red wine of unsurpassed class, the Barolo now bottled by Maria Teresa is a true tribute of Piedmont and Italy to the territorial concept of "wine". Fine, dynamic, clear but taut, subtle and rightly angular, with a longevity that will certainly exceed thirty years and a drinkability that seems incredibly already planned. The merit goes to the area, renowned for the Barolo wines of austere structure.

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Ratings and awards

201998+ PK
201897+ PK17.5 JR
201796 PK17++ JR
2016100 PK
201595 PK
201396 PK
PK: ParkerJR: Jancis robinson

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker and Parker

Coming to market this fall, the Bartolo Mascarello 2019 Barolo represents a classic vintage in between two challenging growing seasons. Both 2018 and 2020 were hotter than 2019, resulting in higher alcohol levels. With fruit harvested on October 8th and 9th, this expression from 2019 shows extra freshness and a more streamlined style compared to the texturally generous 2020 or the softer and more open-knit 2018. Extraction and structure came easily in 2019, and delicate pump-overs sufficed. Maria Teresa Mascarello opted against submerged cap fermentations in 2022, 2019, 2017 and 2013. It was performed in 2016, 2014 and 2010, however. The fruit represents a blend of Monrobiolo in Bussia (a site with a lease that ends in 2025), Rue and Cannubi in Barolo and Rocche dell’Annunziata in La Morra. San Lorenzo will return to the blend in 2020. This bottle promises a decisive, vertical delivery of fruit (lots of "skeleton and bones") with a pretty moment of crunch, elegant acidic freshness and tannic structure. If you are nostalgic for a tight, acidity-driven Barolo that is good for long cellar aging, the 2019 is for you.

— Monica Larner (24/08/2023)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2019 - 98+ PARKER

This is the stuff of dreams. Tasted so young, I did a lot of coaxing to nudge the wine along, thanks to a double decant and a few extra hours in an open bottle. I tasted both samples I had over the course of a few weeks. Those efforts served well, but the wine remains packed tight and full of nervous energy regardless, indicating that its true potential won't be seen for another 10 or 20 years, or likely more. The Bartolo Mascarello 2016 Barolo is a true icon of the vintage. The approach is elongated and silky, like lifting honey from a jar. The aromas are chiseled and focused with wild berry, licorice, candied orange peel, campfire ash, rusted iron, crushed graphite and pencil shaving. The wine's personality is downplayed, elegant and demure in one tasting but exuberant and expressive in the next. The tannins show snap and crunch, indicating they will drive the wine forward over many years of cellar age. This is one of those rare wines that is poised to improve with each increment of time. Structurally, it is perfect. If we were to create a template for an aspirational Barolo, this would be it.

— Monica Larner (23/07/2020)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2016 - 100 PARKER

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For many it is the most authentic Barolo that exists. The one that, thanks to the stubbornness of the legendary and late lamented Bartolo, has resisted all trends, even the very lucrative cru one. The Mascarello Barolo is the classic blend of Nebbiolo grapes from different plots, precisely the four owned by the winery, located between Barolo and La Morra. An eco-sustainable approach, even if not certified, and of course traditional refinement in large barrels. A red wine of...

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