2017 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  11/7/2023 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Note: I initially wrote a mixed to negative review of the '17 Monprivato, but with air, the wine improved dramatically, in a way that I have rarely seen with young Nebbiolo. Based on this bottle, I would recommend opening this bottle a few hours ahead of time, whereas generally I recommend opening young Barolo immediately before consuming.
  
  On first glance, the '17 Monprivato is a very fragile wine, with a concerningly light color, and for the first hour or so after opening the wine, it was rather unexpressive and came across as diluted, tasting as it looked. But after some air, the wine became intensely perfumed and expressive, while also coming across as denser and more tannic, giving more reason to believe this wine will improve with time in the cellar.
  
  On the nose, I found explosive aromatics of orange peel, fresh red roses, red berry fruit, and mint, with the orange peel and fresh roses being the most prominent notes. On the palate, the wine is much more clenched than the aromatics, but I found a similar profile, with the fruit a bit in the background. Orange peel and red roses, mint, and spice come first, with red berry fruit in the background. The wine is medium to light in body, with tannins that are quite finely grained for the vintage, where tannin quality was an issue.
  
  I'm not sure how well the '17 Monprivato will age - it still comes across as a bit fragile - but it's delicious now, and hopefully with a few years, the palate will open up a bit more while the wine is still fresh.

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  9/8/2023 - Renevin Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Couleur très pâle. Nez discret au départ, fruit rouge, cerise. Nez gagne en finesse et complexité à l aeration. En bouche, bel ampleur. Bons tanins. Vin bien équilibré qui se termine par une finale chaleureuse. Belle longueur.

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  4/15/2023 - KVM wrote:

  Decanted. Pale red. Thick legs.
  
  Richly textured, a little tar and a lot of roses. Most unusual and delightful. Ready to go at age 5 years?!
  Tasted blind.

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  11/15/2022 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  100% Nebbiolo from the Monprivato cru in Castiglione Falletto, planted between the 1960's and 1996. Fermented and macerated with the skins for 20 to 25 days, then aged for approximately 30 months in medium-sized oak botti. 14,5% alcohol.
  
  Beautifully luminous, translucent and relatively pale raspberry red color. True to the vintage, the nose feels sweet and sunny with aromas of ripe cherries, some licorice, a little bit of cranberry sauce, light floral notes of dried roses and a candied hint of black Bassett's wine gum. Contrasting the sweet nose, the wine feels dry, clean and quite sleek on the palate with a medium-to-moderately full body and very intense flavors of tart lingonberries and ripe cranberries, some tart red plum tones, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, light stony mineral nuances and a youthful hint of something vaguely rubbery. The wine is high in acidity with moderately grippy tannins and a tiny bit of alcohol warmth. The finish is long, somewhat grippy and quite dry with a bright, crunchy aftertaste of sour cherries and tart lingonberries, some crunchy red plum tones, a little bit of gravelly minerality, a hint of licorice root and a touch of cranberries..
  
  A fantastic and very harmonious Barolo that comes across as very fresh, focused and even surprisingly delicate or Burgundian despite the hot, dry 2017 vintage - even if the nose might give wrong first impressions! To my surprise - and delight - the wine is surprisingly classically styled, but (as one could expect from a 5-yo Barolo) still so painfully youthful at the moment. This is a terrific wine - probably the best 2017 Barolo I've tasted - but I'd say there's no point in opening a bottle before its 12th birthday. At the moment the wine doesn't really feel that dissimilar to a regular Barolo; it is going to take some time before the full potential of this wine gets realized. Keep, don't drink.

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  10/17/2022 - Sundbyberg wrote: 93 Points

  Tasting: A second vintage of the Monprivato and also this time a good wine, but not a wow-wine.
  Quite mellow, just a tiny bit licorice and strawberries. A bit burgundian in style.

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