2012 giuseppe mascarello e figlio, barolo, monprivato
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Why We're Buying
Nebbiolo is the most prized grape in Piedmont. When combined with the world-class terroir of Monprivato, it achieves its full potential. Giuseppe Mascarello et Figlio has overseen this union of grape and location for more than a century, producing a flagship Barolo that's as coveted as it is acclaimed.
Critics Scores
Wine Enthusiast
Intensely fragrant, this offers enticing scents of woodland berry, violet, rose, aromatic herb and new leather. Elegantly structured, the linear palate is all about finesse, delivering red cherry, pomegranate, white pepper and licorice framed in firm refined tannins.
Decanter
Monprivato occupies a privileged southwest facing slope fanning out from Castiglione Falletto. Long the only producer of this historically prestigious cru, Mascarello has upheld its superlative reputation by producing a separate bottling since 1970. The atypical 2012 vintage is built on elegance, highlighting the fragrant side of this cru. Lacy but balanced in its slighter physique, it is already showing redcurrant, rosehip and anise flavours. It lacks the density to suggest long ageing, but is lovely indeed.
Wine Spectator
A mix of chocolate, cherry, earth and tar flavors are allied to a dense structure in this red. Initially tannic, this needs several hours of aeration to reveal its true personality, delivering cherry, leather, licorice and spice flavors that marry harmoniously with the silky texture, with excellent length.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2012 Barolo Monprivato is a polished and bright wine that delivers a profound and beautiful array of delicate aromas. These tiny, petite threads of cherry, wild berry, ash, smoked spice and grilled herb converge with unity to produce the intensity and purpose that ultimately defines this beautiful wine.