2011 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Villero

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  10/6/2023 - DanielAVTL Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Opened 3-hours in advance of dinner (no decant) and successfully paired with braised short-rib.
  
  Bright red, Burgundian in appearance, the Villero gave off lovely, old-school aromas of strawberry, barn, leather, thyme and herbs. In the mouth, medium to light bodied, with very gentle red fruit, soft tannins and a solid, herbaceous finish.
  
  Overall, good complexity in this rather delicate effort that feels at full maturity right now. Good, not brilliant. 90 points on the night, drink now, I don't see this getting better.

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  1/10/2021 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine:

  Lazy Sunday afternoon before we get into our 3rd lockdown, decanted 1 hour, served blind, light red, funky stemmy nose, cane sugar, thought Rioja but was an Italian, roses after time, sweet licorice, mysteriously good if that makes sense lol
  93

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  4/3/2020 - R J Lewis wrote:

  Pale colour. Just edging on garnet with a water-white rim.
  
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  N: Medium(+) intensity. Very floral, lots of rose petal mixed with bright red fruits such as cranberry. Hints of deeper complex aromas with agitation: yes, there is tar, earthiness, fresh blood.
  P: Dry, high acidity, high alcohol, medium tannins (surprisingly!) which are ripe and very fine, medium(+) bodied with pronounced flavour intensity. Flavours of fresh cranberry, strawberry, rose, tar, earth, fresh red meat, iron-like quality, light mushroom note. Long finish that accentuates both rose and savoury flavours.
  Very good, possibly outstanding wine, but feels atypical in its relatively light tannin structure. It seems to be at the start of developing tertiary notes which are in a lovely balance with fairly bright red fruits. Delicious and joyous wine that I look forward to pairing with a mushroom risotto.
  
  After a few hours of opening more savoury notes come through, but the finish just gets better and better with intense rose flavour. It was perfect with the risotto.

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  8/2/2019 - wineguru57@yahoo.com.au Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Barolo can certainly come in so many different guises. It can be trickier than solving a rubiks cube blindfolded. This to me was a very feminine style, with perfume, and dried dandelion on the nose , with additional red fruit florals. The palate had a viscous feel, from alcohol, and defined sweet fruit, with dried herb, and spice. Surprisingly, the tannic structure was very soft and maybe a little atypical . I dont know that I would keep for long, just going on the tannin softness. Nevertheless a very intriguing and enjoyable wine.

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  1/20/2018 - MattGeneve Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This was fully open on the nose with some definite tar combined with sweet floral aromatics and fraises des Bois. Had quite a sweet feel to it, very fine tannins, and long lingering aftertaste with some hints of toffee / caramel. This was great but maybe a little on the sweet and easy side for me in a Barolo.

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