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Paolo Scavino, Barolo Monvigliero 2022
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Description
Paolo Scavino, Barolo, Monvigliero, Piedmont, Red, 2014
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2022 Barolo Monvigliero is a pretty powerful wine for this site, but it does offer good depth where many other examples are on the lighter side. Red-toned fruit, iron, cedar, mint, blood orange and scorched earth show a decidedly virile side of Monvigliero. Give this a year or two to soften.
Reviewed by: Monica Larner
The Paolo Scavino 2022 Barolo Monvigliero is initially closed, with a metallic note that is slow to lift, even after extended time in the glass. I am admittedly tasting the wine very young, but this reserved character is something I have encountered with these wines over the past two or three releases. The underlying fruit remains elusive, offering only fleeting impressions of cherry and blue flower. With additional air, the bouquet slowly opens to dried raspberry, candied cherry, violet and pink peppercorn, although its closed nature continues to veil much of the wine's aromatic complexity. The tannins, however, become noticeably silkier with time, hinting at the elegance that should emerge with further bottle age. Production is 4,800 bottles.
About the Producer
Paolo Scavino is an estate in Barolo known for its polished, elegant red wines from the Nebbiolo grape variety. The estate owns 23 hectares (57 acres) entirely within Barolo with parcels in 19 different cru vineyards in all but three of the Barolo communes. The range of nine Barolo wines is led by the Bric Dël Fiasc (from the Fiasco cru in Castiglione Falletto, and produced in both standard and Riserva bottlings), the Cannubi, and the Riserva Rocche dell'Annunziata which is aged for an additional year both in large casks and in bottle, and is sourced from a cru vineyard in La Morra. The portfolio of red wines also includes a Langhe Nebbiolo, two Barbera d'Alba wines, a Dolcetto d'Alba, and a Vino Rosso blended from the younger vines grown on the estate. The Langhe Sorriso is Paulo Scavino's key white wine made from Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier. The company was founded in 1921 in Castiglione Falleto by Lorenzo Scavino and his son Paolo. Enrico Scavino has been working in the winery since the age of ten, beginning in 1951. He now runs his estate with his daughters, who are the fourth generation.
