2008 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato

Community Tasting Notes (89) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  4/13/2024 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Beautiful wine, dark cherry, tar, floral notes, forest floor, integrated tannins, long finish

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  4/6/2024 - thewineengineer Likes this wine: 95 Points

  2006-2008 Nebbiolo Tasting (Bologna): Served double blind.
  It starts really subdued, with atypical hints, in a nearly light ruby glass. The first 20 minutes it makes me think about a F.lli Alessandria cru (but the organizer tells me that they usually have problem with mantaining the ruby colour in old wines). Over time it opens completely, showing all the elegance and noble freshness it can show, almost like some Burgundy Chambolle crus. It wins by a little over the 2008 Rinaldi Brunate, which I admit is more complex and complete, but it lacks a bit of such a rare elegance. 95++

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  3/17/2024 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Elegant, quite light, red fruits with some tar. Easy drinking as the structure is not massive. Burgundyesque. Good length, some complexity. Drinking beautifully now.

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  12/17/2023 - WoodieBayArea wrote:

  no notes and not totally focused on this, but was good to very good, nice balance of body and some hints of secondary flavors... my strong instinct (no surprise with Barolo) is to give this 5 to 7 (or ever 10-12) years of more age if you can resist temptation... for not felt like 92'ish, but with upside

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  12/2/2023 - James Kim Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Brought by MK. Lovely aromas of dark cherries, plums, roses, a bit of tar and flowers. Rich ripe cherries on the palate, flowers, roses, a bit of tar and mild-med tannins. Elegant mouthfeel. This wine was still young and not showing all it has. Certainly will improve with more age and may need another 10 years to reach peak(?). But it's really enjoyable now. 93+

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