Barolo, Monprivato

Specification

Producer

Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio

Region

Italy

Where

Monchiero, Piedmont

Classification

Barolo DOCG

Grapes

Nebbiolo

Vintage

2005

Case

12 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

BARMON0512X75

About this wine

Monprivato is a celebrated cru in Castiglione Falletto, and Mascarello's Barolo from it is the house's signature wine. Made from Nebbiolo and aged in large old casks, it is perfumed and refined, with red fruit, roses, tar and spice and fine but firm tannins. It needs many years to open and can age for several decades.

About Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio

Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio is one of the great traditional Barolo houses, with cellars at Monchiero and vineyards in some of the zone's finest sites. The estate is run by Mauro Mascarello and his son Giuseppe, representing several generations of the family.

The house is best known for its Barolo from the Monprivato vineyard in Castiglione Falletto, of which it owns almost all. Its wines are made traditionally, with long fermentations and ageing in large old oak casks, and are prized for their purity, elegance and longevity.