Giuseppe Mascarello, Barolo Monprivato, 2007 SO021326 Dutraive then aged seven months in

then aged seven months in stainless

over one big cube

and a backbone that gives it shape without heaviness

This 2022 base shows complex aromatics of crushed stone

giving it the breadth and balance the village is known for

Giuseppe Mascarello, Barolo Monprivato, 2007 SO021326 Dutraive then aged seven months inBarolo's aristocratic grand cru in a riper, generous vintage. Giuseppe Mascarello, run by Mauro Mascarello, is one of Piedmont's great traditionalists, ageing in Slavonian casks now around 70 years old. Monprivato, their famed largely family controlled cru in Castiglione Falletto, sits on calcareous marl soils that give some of Barolo's most perfumed and refined Nebbiolo. The 2007 was a warm, riper year that produced more openly charming, approachable