External search
Google (images)
Wine Advocate
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Wine-Searcher
Vintages
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
From this producer
Show all wines
All tasting notes
|
| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Vine on 4/18/2024 & rated 94 points: We decided to open this to honour Enrico Scavino who passed away late February 2024.
Incredibly fresh; young. Light on its feet. Liquorice, iodine, leather, fennel, on the nose. Beautiful long finish. The first of 6 bottles, plus we have a 6 bottle case of the Bric del Fiasc from the same vintage. One or two a year for the next 5 or 6 years.
A great Barolo. (415 views) | | | Tasted by RickyT12 on 6/26/2022 & rated 92 points: Opens for 2 hours.
Nice ruby color out to thick clear lined rim.
Really nice leather, plum, the leather is wonderful. Pepper, some aged Bordeaux characteristics. The VA is a bit much. Fungi wet forrest floor on the nose. Hints of game meat, red berries, Overall enjoyable wine that is drinking well right now. (1233 views) | | | Tasted by GlenviewGSW on 6/26/2021 & rated 93 points: Not sure I agree with some of the previous posters in terms of the heaviness of the oak. I found the wine to be drinking quite well after a 2 hour aeration/decant. Classic Barolo on the nose with stone and minerals and dried fruits. Decently long finish that showcases the fruit. Will wait 2 years for next bottle but quite enjoyable, (1489 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 1/25/2021: Opened and decanted in advance and paired with bbq. This was still quite young and tight. Bit more oak and not totally integrated yet. This is a vineyard that I’ve loved with other producers and might be fun to try an older one of these. At this stage it’s clearly not the Burlotto or the Vietti but it’s also quite a bit different price point. (1842 views) | | | Tasted by kakpoo on 11/8/2020: Seemed to be in a transitional phase. The fruit is in hibernation making the oak overly prominent today (at least in this particular bottle).I open this to try along side of Monvigliero bottling a from burlotto and Alessandria. I won’t open the next bottle of this Scavino until 2025 based on how it tasted today. (1864 views) | | | Tasted by theusualsuspect on 12/3/2019 & rated 90 points: Another polished modern style Barolo from Scavino, albeit much in need of time. Red fruits dominate the nose and palate. An observation. The more modern style Barolo becomes, the more the descriptors move away from rose petals and tar and the like to red fruits. Historically, Valtellina (where the nebbiolo is called chiavanesca) and Barolo were miles apart in terms of impression on the palate. But the more red fruits emerge in modern Barolo, the more they resemble Valtellina. You might compare say, Scavino's Corobric with the benchmark Valtellina, Arpepe Rosso di Valtellina. Red fruit twins to more than a little degree. (2414 views) | | | Tasted by Cantine di Vittorio on 11/21/2019 & rated 95 points: Could have left but had a few and couldnt wait. Dark cherry and plum and full bodied. Could have opened up another bottle. loved it! (1702 views) | | | Tasted by OmiyaDrinker on 12/16/2017 & rated 85 points: No. The oak just ruined this for me and felt it completely misses the point. (3649 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 10/3/2017: Jancis Robinson 2013 Barolo Night (Tribeca Grill, NYC): Floral and berry nose, a bit of cedar and dried flowers. Berries on the palate. A pretty wine, but with plenty of structure. Excellent acidity. Easily a favorite of the first five tasted. [++] (3861 views) | | | Tasted by Eric Guido on 2/8/2017 & rated 92 points: The nose displayed sweet herbs, undergrowth and cherry liquor. On the palate, silky textures were offset by a bitter twang of tart red fruits and herbs, as the Monvigliero maintained its freshness through zesty acidity. The finish was long with saturating dark red fruits, spice and mint. I enjoyed this quite a bit, yet it lacks the textural heft that brings balance throughout the rest of the lineup. (3572 views) |
| By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/3/2017)
(Paolo Scavino, Monvigliero Barolo Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2013 Barolo: The Late Releases (Oct 2017) (10/1/2017)
(Paolo Scavino Barolo Monvigliero Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Walter Speller
JancisRobinson.com (4/20/2017)
(Paolo Scavino, Monvigliero Barolo Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (9/6/2016)
(Paolo Scavino Barolo Monvigliero, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. | By Paul Zitarelli
Full Pull, Full Pull Dibs (10/27/2017)
(Paolo Scavino Barolo Monvigliero) Hello friends. I usually prefer to have a meticulously planned-out offer calendar. But this time of year, events often seem to conspire against that, and some flexibility is required. This was not today’s originally-scheduled email, but on Wednesday we were offered advance access to a series of beautiful Scavino Barolos (including library wines) that just landed in Seattle. The only catch: we need to stake our claim Monday morning; after that, our dibs expire. So yeah, that required a reshuffling of the calendar, but it’s totally worth it. We partnered with Scavino’s local importer last April to do a seminar, and it was overbooked and hugely popular among attendees. What I said then: The winery was founded in 1921 and is now led by Enrico Scavino (third generation) and his two daughters Enrica and Elisa. The wines are fabulous expressions of the varied terroirs that surround the winery (here is their vineyard sourcing map). We are rarely able to offer Scavino’s high-end Barolos, as they have the dangerous combination of being well-reviewed and imported in small quantities. As you’ll see below, that devilish combo of strong reviews and small quantities is very much in effect today. But before we get into that, I want to include an introduction to this set of wines from the eloquent Jon Marvin of Cavatappi Distribuzione, Scavino’s local import partner: Riccardo Sgarra from Scavino graced us with his presence and a preview of the extremely exciting 2013 vintage in Barolo in January this year. Well our second shipment has come to Seattle, as well as a couple of library releases which are drinking beautifully. Every year Scavino offers us a couple of wines from their library and this year we’re fortunate to receive the ’06 Carobric and the ’03 Bricco Ambrogio. Carobric was created in 1996 and has long been a blend of Cannubi, Rocche di Castiglione, and Bric del Fiasc. Historically, Barolo was a blend of many different communes and crus in the area, with the single vineyard phenomenon being fairly recent in the overall scheme of things. Carobric is an important wine that shows how a great symphony or choir is most often the result of many beautiful pieces that complement each other. 2006 is a great vintage that is just starting to hit its stride, being in a place that is starting to show secondary and tertiary aromas and flavors, but it still has a decade or so in front of it. And then there’s 2003, yes, that vintage. When Riccardo was here everyone who saw the lineup we were showing around got excited about the 2013’s and the ’06 Carobric, but there was a general feeling of disinterest about the ’03 Bricco Ambrogio. Guess which wine was requested for the most when all the pre-sell requests from various tastings and events that we did during his visit were tallied up? You got it, the 2003 Bricco Ambrogio! The cru is damn near a monopole for Scavino in the village of Roddi just south of Alba, and in a decade’s time now it has shown the greatness that Enrico envisioned it had when he purchased it in 2001. It was one of the only crus to not be destroyed by hail in the devastating 2002 vintage and that wine is beautiful today, and when you taste the 2003 you’ll curiously wonder what magic dust might have christened this piece of earth! A quick word about 2003 here for those still on the fence, as in my humble opinion we’re now seeing some fascinating wines emerge over 10 years later. It was hot, very hot…like people died all throughout Europe kind of hot, and it’s pretty easy for all of us wine know-it-alls to pooh-pooh everything that we come across from such excessive years. I remember travelling in Europe the following years and being told that in 10 plus years the wines would be very compelling, even youthful, and that they would surely surprise. We’re seeing that today, and I recall winemakers telling me that the numbers they saw in their labs were off the charts all over the place. The wines had higher alcohol levels, higher levels of tannins, higher phenolics, even higher acidity levels, and the wines weren’t out of balance per se, they were actually very balanced, just at a level that people hadn’t seen before! So all that said, I’ve had a number of 2003 wines from Germany, Alsace, Burgundy, and Piemonte in the last few years that have been quite a surprise. There’s some good deals out there if you look around, and this ’03 Bricco Ambrogio is a perfect place to start! Now then, onto the wines:Release price: $76. Available: 20 six-packs. Wine Advocate: Copyrighted material withheld. Wine Enthusiast: Copyrighted material withheld. |
NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of JancisRobinson.com and Vinous and JamesSuckling.com and Full Pull. (manage subscription channels) |
| Paolo Scavino Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)NebbioloNebbiolo is a red grape indigenous to the Piedmont region of Italy in the Northwest. The grape can also be found in other parts of the world, though they are not as respected.
Nebbiolo is often considered the "king of red wines," as it is the grape of the famed wines of Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, and Roero DOCG. It is known for high tannins and acidity, but with a distinct finesse. When grown on clay, Nebbiolo can be very powerful, tannic, and require long aging periods to reach its full potential. When grown on sand, the grape exhibits a more approachable body with more elegant fruit and less tannins, but still has high aging potential.
"Nebbiolo" is named for the Italian word, "nebbia", which means "fog", in Italian and rightfully so since there is generally a lot of fog in the foothills of Piedmont during harvest.
Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that does best in a continental climate that boasts moderate summers and long autumns. In Piedmont, Nebbiolo is normally harvested in October.
More links:
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerMonviglieroMonvigliero is a vineyard in the tiny commune of Verduno. It is one of the great crus (vineyards) of the area. Verduno is one of the 11 communes that can make wine designated as Barolo, although the amount of Barolo that comes out of Verduno is miniscule when compared to the 5 major communes of Barolo: La Morra, Monforte d'Alba, Castiglione Falletto, and Serralunga d'Alba.
Exact position and outline on weinlagen.infoItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorPiedmont Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
On weinlagen-infoLanghe Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero | Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)BaroloRegional History:
The wines of Piedmont are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piedmont was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piedmontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power.
map of Barolo DOCG
An interesting thread on Traditional vs. Modern Barolo producers:
https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106291 |
|
