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Bartolo Mascarello, Barolo 2000
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
It’s hard to know where to start with vintages from a single producer. For this first flight I chose four wines I thought would be within their peak drinking windows. Mascarello’s 2000 Barolo is a wine I have not tasted in some time from bottle, but one smell is enough to remind me of what I found objectionable when the wine was first released. In short, the 2000 is riddled with brett and generally unclean flavors. Time has softened some of the harshness the 2000 showed when it was younger, but the flaws remain. For whatever reason or reasons the 2000 has always been better from magnum.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Good medium red. Complex aromas of dried fruits, leather, smoke and marzipan; less floral and more rustic than the 1999. But also sweeter and fatter in the mid-palate, with more tex ture and depth but less thrust than the '99. Offers a near-decadent sweetness that carries through on the back end, where the tannins are similarly sweet and broad. This was aged in four very old 25-hectoliter casks. According to Maria-Theresa, this wine was higher in dry extract than the '99.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(tasted from foudre) Good full red. Roasted, wild aromas of crystallized fruits, smoke, meat and fresh blood, plus a hint of marmalade. Sweet, dense and thick; an extremely tactile wine with an almost peppery quality. Perhaps not as large-scaled or serious as the '98, but offers lovely sweetness of fruit. Finishes with big, dusty tannins. This wine started with relatively little body and color but has really changed in barrel, noted Maria-Teresa.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
Oddly enough, from magnum, the 2000 Barolo is magnificent, with none of the imperfections I have found in so many of my bottles. The wine shows considerable 2000 personality in its warm, radiant fruit and sensual personality, but the large format has maintained freshness and verve. Readers who can find the 2000 in magnum will want to consider the wine Anticipated maturity: 2012-2025. After many years I have finally concluded that Bartolo Mascarello’s 2000 Barolo will always remain a mystery to me.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
From bottle, the 2000 Barolo (magnum) has never been satisfying. I have gone through a number of bottles, mostly from my own cellar, and been consistently disappointed. As the wine has aged the ever present rustic bouquet has developed but not disappeared. Autumn leaves, mushrooms, dried cherries, tobacco and faded roses are some of the nuances that emerge from the glass. The unpolished qualities reappear on a finish marked by hard tannins. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2020. After many years I have finally concluded that Bartolo Mascarello’s 2000 Barolo will always remain a mystery to me.
Reviewed by: Daniel Thomases
The late Bartolo Mascarello (an historic producer of the zone who unfortunately left us this winter) was always of the opinion that the Cannubi vineyard, by itself, needed some support from the grapes of other sites to achieve a truly balanced wine, and his Barolo was always a blend of various plots in Barolo and La Morra. The sandy soil of Cannubi, like that of Margaux, tends to have problems in low-rainfall years, and they are somewhat felt in this 2000 Barolo, which shows much resin, leather, licorice, and alcohol on the nose, but less fruit than usual. Ample, silky, and ready on the palate, tarry on the close, it loses a bit of momentum on the finish and can best be drunk between 2005 and 2015. Like many others, a good wine, but less impressive than either the 1999 or the forthcoming 2001. Importer: Robert Chadderdon Selections, New York, NY; tel. (212) 757-8185
Reviewed by: James Suckling
I really appreciate well-made bottles from this tradition-bound producer. This wine shows aromas and flavors of hazelnut, milk chocolate and berry. Full and round with soft tannins and a pretty finish. Wonderfully balanced. Bright and lively. Drink now or hold.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
After many years I have finally concluded that Bartolo Mascarello's 2000 Barolo will always remain a mystery to me. From bottle, the 2000 Barolo has never been satisfying. I have gone through a number of bottles, mostly from my own cellar, and been consistently disapointed. As the wine has aged the ever present rustic bouquet has developed but not disappeared. Autumn leaves, mushrooms, dried cherries, tobacco and faded roses are some of the nuances that emerge from the glass. The unpolised qualities reappear on a finish marked by hard tannins.
About the Producer
Bartolo Mascarello, located in the famous Barolo region of Piedmont, is one of Italy's leading wineries, founded in 1918 and run by the Mascarello family, defenders of the old school style of Barolo, and owned by the legendary Maria Teresa Mascarello. The current owner is Maria Teresa Mascarello, daughter of the legendary master winemaker Bartolo Mascarello. The winery's winemaking philosophy has been passed down from generation to generation and does not follow the trend of making single vineyard wines, insisting on concrete and wooden barrel fermentations without temperature control measures. The wine is aged in 2,500 litres of Slovenian vats for three years and then bottled for one year before being released, producing a wine of great structure and great elegance and refinement. Bartolo Mascarello produces around 30,000 bottles of wine a year, of which the Barolo DOCG is produced in very small quantities (around 1,250 cases a year) and, as the benchmark of traditional Barolo wines, is often priced out of the market and hard to find.
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