known for its ideal location on the cool coastal slopes
La Copa Extra Seco is bright and bitter in the best way: floral
and this is the region's grandest expression - a fully dry red with the concentration of appassimento behind it
The style is a vin jaune
its structure suggests it will evolve beautifully with time
Giuseppe Mascarello, Barolo Monprivato, 2006 SO013026 Chagnoleau known for its ideal locationBarolo's aristocrat, in a powerful vintage. Giuseppe Mascarello, led by Mauro Mascarello, is an old guard traditional estate ageing its wines in Slavonian casks now some 70 years old, and Monprivato, their largely family held cru in Castiglione Falletto, ranks among the most prestigious vineyards in the Langhe, its calcareous marl soils yielding refined, long lived Nebbiolo. The 2006 was a structured, powerful, deeply tannic vintage built for the long