Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2020

“The 2020 Barolo Monprivato is without question one of the finest wines to emerge from these cellars for many years. Translucent and layered, with captivating textural depth, the 2020 is positively stellar. Bright red-toned fruit, chalk, mint, white pepper, blood orange and dried rose petal come alive in the glass. This statuesque Barolo simply has it all. It’s great to see the Mascarello family making truly pedigreed wines once again.  To find a Monprivato of this exceptionally high level, readers will have to back to the 1989.  That’s how outstanding the 2020 is”. 98 points, drink 2027-2050, Antonio Galloni, Vinous.

Tasted next to the 2020 vintage, the Giuseppe Mascarello 2019 Barolo Monprivato delivers a much darker and richer presentation of fruit. You get freshness and brightness with Bing cherry, cassis and dried pomegranate. The 2019 vintage is clearly more complex and offers more overall depth. As Elena Mascarello tells me, "2020 is all light, and 2019 leans into darkness." In this case, that darkness is what we look for in a wine to put aside in the cellar. 95 pts, Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate.