2010 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo

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  2/11/2024 - Francophile1 Likes this wine:

  Super Bowl LVIII 2024 (Alpharetta, GA): Tasted double blind: Nebbiolo deliciousness. Mahogany wood, spice, rose petals with a slightly reductive finish. I loved it. Called it a 2006 Barolo as it shows like it has more age on it.

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  1/15/2024 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  2010 Barolo Tasting; 1/14/2024-1/15/2024: The '10 Bartolo was again an incredible wine, vibrant and really finessed. Tasting it as part of a group of 8 2010s did put it in context, as I think it was a small step below my favorite wines from the tasting (the Monfortino & Cappellano Rupestris), but I'm very excited to follow this over time.
  
  The nose was vibrant, with pure red cherry fruit, mint, fresh roses, orange peel, and a bit of a savory, raw meat or leathery note, distinctly in the background. On the palate, the Bartolo was medium in body, solidly in the middle of the lineup of '10s in terms of concentration. Where this wine shined was the incredible finesse of the tannins, which are barely noticeable. Acidity was medium to high, with the wine coming across as very fresh / vibrant.

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  12/25/2023 - Rote Kappelle Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Having thieved, murdered and pillaged my way to this bottle I have to say that the effort was well and truly worth it. Right now, it feels like my favourite wine of the year, a rather silly thing given many fantastic wines, but there it is.
  
  As another reviewer notes, this opens very accessible with potency but grace and lovely tar and rose and strawberry. Tannic but not beastly and an almost nutty, sweet aspect to the tannins. The wine then does shut down for a few hours, progressively until around hour 5 I was wondering if I was indeed the idiot that most discerning judges consider me to be. However, from around then it proceeded to open up and develop into something truly glorious.
  
  In addition to the characters noted you get some forest floor and pencil shaving. For a while yesterday the tannins also sat back in the pocket and I started to see why some Barolo makers say their model is Burgundy. On day 2 it has changed again and is a little more firm but still verges on voluptuous. However, this is not flabby curves, this is the full Stormy, curves but taut and terrific.
  
  The 2010 DRC Grands Echezeaux that this was paired with was the 'greater wine' but dash it all, not by much and this had similar architecture in the mouth and for me it gave me the sort of stiffy that results in dangerous medical situations and awkward conversations with family and friends and the local magistrate. For this self-opiniated wine whore, I confess, I declare that I bear the brand of Barolo on my privates and my palate. Pinot is wizard but Neb is the thing.

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  12/17/2023 - johnh1001 wrote:

  Fully open, fat and rich flavors. Loads of tar, dark fruit, dried roses and earth. Seemed a little flabby and I wonder if this was a touch advanced given other tasting notes.

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  5/5/2023 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 96 Points

  As expected, this was super tight and structured immediately out of the bottle. Beautifully aromatic and showing exceptionally pure and delicate fruit right from the start though! I decanted for 3 hours before dinner, which wasn’t long enough in the end, and it actually had shut down a little by the time we poured our first glass. Things started to open up by hour 4-5, at which point this was drinking great! Extremely youthful and primary of course, but one of the best young vintages from Bartolo I’ve tasted for sure. Sadly we’d already drank most of this by hour 5, but the final few sips were fantastic. When I open my remaining bottles of 2010 I’ll give them at least 5-6 hours to breathe prior to consumption! Even still, this was a real treat. The fruit and structure here is just so detailed, elegant, and precise. Fantastic winemaking on top of an amazing vintage. Drinking very well now with a LOT of air, but surely even better in 10+ years.

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