Have very low expectations after all the bad press, both here and Vinous.
However I thought excellent and good value at £120 and not far short of the 2010. Yes light in colour but this is Monprivato, good length and typical strawberry/red fruits with a mineral edge.
I’m also stocking up on 2014 and hoping for a similar result to 1999/2005.
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2006 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo
2/17/2022 - PSC wrote: 92 Points
Agree with others, prune/raisin dominate. Had two recent bottles, both similar. Don’t remember the dominant raisiny nose from bottle before that.
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2013 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato
9/19/2021 - PSC wrote: 94 Points
Have very low expectations after all the bad press, both here and Vinous.
However I thought excellent and good value at £120 and not far short of the 2010. Yes light in colour but this is Monprivato, good length and typical strawberry/red fruits with a mineral edge.
I’m also stocking up on 2014 and hoping for a similar result to 1999/2005.
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2015 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert
3/27/2019 - PSC Likes this wine: 92 Points
Needs a lot of air, at least 5 hrs. Opens/improves dramatically with time.
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