2014 | G.B. Burlotto | Barolo Monvigliero

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Red Wine: 2014 | G.B. Burlotto | Barolo Monvigliero

Sparkling ruby garnet. Very intense and fragrant nose, shows notes of star anise and fennel seeds, then lots of raspberries, some violets, roses. Fine-meshed tannins, lots of ripe raspberry fruit, unfolds bit by bit, juicy and clear, firm pressure in the finish.

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Producer: G.B. Burlotto

Ratings: WA | 95 WE | 96

Vintage: 2014

Size: 750ml

Varietal: Nebbiolo

Country/Region: Italy, Piedmont

Sparkling ruby garnet. Very intense and fragrant nose, shows notes of star anise and fennel seeds, then lots of raspberries, some violets, roses. Fine-meshed tannins, lots of ripe raspberry fruit, unfolds bit by bit, juicy and clear, firm pressure in the finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Fabio Alessandria of Comm. G.B. Burlotto tells me that he always believed in the controversial 2014 vintage. He never had any doubts regarding the inherent quality buried deep within this difficult vintage with its temperature extremes and humidity-based diseases. The 2014 Barolo Monvigliero ultimately proves to be a fragile and delicate wine with pure essence of wild rose and violet. Monvigliero is known as “the perfumed vineyard,” thanks to those beautiful floral nuances. While contemplating the bouquet, you feel like you are standing in the middle of a rose garden. The wine offers loose-knit structure with fine tannins that are polished, etched and very linear.
• Wine Enthusiast: Enticing aromas of rose, aromatic herb, new leather, truffle and balsamic are just some of what you’ll find in this outstanding wine. On the elegant, vibrant palate, bright acidity and polished tannins offset flavors of juicy red cherry, crushed strawberry, rhubarb, clove and white pepper.

Producer Information

Mascarello Giuseppe e Figlio is a prestigious Barolo producer in Piemonte, northwest Italy. The company has been closely associated with the Monprivato vineyard, one of the so-called Barolo crus, since the 1920s, and the single vineyard Monprivato Barolo has become Giuseppe Mascarello’s flagship wine. Giuseppe Mascarello himself tended vineyards in the Langhe in the 19th Century before buying his own site in 1881, and this date is often appended to the producer’s name. In 1904, his son purchased a part of the Monprivato vineyard and began to make wines there. Fourth-generation Mauro Mascarello took over the running of the estate in 1967, and began making a single-vineyard Monprivato wine in 1970. The famous six-hectare (15-acre) cru became a monopole of Giuseppe Mascarello in 1990. The Monprivato vineyard’s southwesterly aspect and limestone-rich soils has made it one of Barolo’s most coveted properties, considered ideal for the Nebbiolo grape variety. In the 1980s, a clone of Nebbiolo called Micht was planted in a small part of the vineyard as an experiment which became the estate’s highly regarded Monprivato C d’Morisso cuve. This, alongside the regular Monprivato, is only made in outstanding vintages. The estate prefers traditional winemaking methods, with long fermentations and wines aged in large Slavonian oak casks known as “botti”. There is little intervention in the vineyard and grapes are harvested by hand. Giuseppe Mascarello makes several other single-vineyard Barolos, including those from the Santo Stefano di Perno and Villero. The estate also makes several single-vineyard Barbera d’Alba wines, and a Dolcetto d’Alba.