2007 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (86) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  5/6/2024 - jamesabdavis wrote:

  The nose on this is initially surprisingly fresh. A nice herbal quality. With time the overwhelming alcohol dominance of this wine reasserts itself.
  Fresh acidity on the palate but again the fruit is masked by alcohol. There is lovely pure fruit in there and nice fine tannins but the alcohol just mutes everything.

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  5/5/2024 - VinoAquila wrote:

  Accidentally excellence!
  Corvin’d a glass 2 weeks ago. The “heat” comments were consistent even after 4+ hours. Came back to the bottle today - cork was seeping through the needle hole. OMG! The Mascarello magic!!! Just beautiful! Be patient, it’s coming… 😋

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  3/23/2024 - mattyboy_ wrote: 92 Points

  Gorgeous nose - cherry, plum, rose petal. A bit of a bruiser though - unfortunately, far from the elegance you would expect from Bartolo Mascarello - here, the alcohol was just too much, almost unbearable. Very unbalanced- you get some of the sweet cherry flavors but the heat from the alcohol masks a lot of the other nuanced flavors. From memory, perhaps my least favorite Bartolo I've ever had.

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  12/29/2023 - dglebo Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Clear ruby with a nicely brown rim. After 3 hours in a decanter, the nose is alcohol forward with dry floral notes. The mouth is dark fruits, plum, cherry and currant. Strongly both acidic and tannic, but due to its youth imho. In 5 years this already approachable Barolo will be even more balanced.

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  12/17/2023 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points

  Drank over three hours. This really got going after one hour. Subtle precise nose and palate displaying dried roses, red fruit, dark fruit, and tar. Light mouth feel, but full of flavor. Amazing balance and symmetry. One of the better vintages of this I have had.

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