2015 Mauro Veglio Barolo Vigneto Gattera

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  5/4/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Winebar [4 Whites, 8 Reds, & 6 *shared* bottles] from 05/03/19 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): "Gattera is a Menzione Geografica of Barolo, located along the border between La Morra & Castiglione Falletto, that takes its name from the Gattera farmhouse in the area." Their "well-exposed plot of about 1 ha, planted in the early 1950s, is positioned SW where the Tortonian soils of La Morra (clay, sand, & limestone) meet the Helvetian soils of Castiglione (highly compact brown marl)." Typically, "Maceration on the skins in s/s tanks at a controlled temp for about 12 days before the grapes are pressed & alcoholic fermentation is concluded in s/s (about 20 days), where malolactic fermentation also takes place at a controlled temp. Towards December, the wine is transferred to small barrels of oak, 30% of which are new & 70% used, where they remain to age for 24 mos. After decanting in s/s, the wine is bottled without fining or filtration."
  
  N: VANILLA with cherries, poss roses? Intensity lurking
  
  P: MF body; RNDISH entry with NICE, almost swtish frt fairly quickly met by astringent pucker which, without even remotely losing touch with the frt, transitions into a very LONG, VERY slightly puckerish finish with a clear swtness to the dusty Ts. NEEDS through '21 (POSS '22), then easily exceeding its 10th. More modern than what I'd call "classic" Barolo style™, nonetheless my EXC-/EXC. 96 pts Suckling. [This vendor's $46.95 is $2 < wine-searcher's next lowest.]
  
  ™A *very* EXPERIENCED lover of aged, "old school" Barolos felt that (by those standards?) this was lacking somewhat in acidity.

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