Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2016
Red
Barolo, Italy
9.4
WineSaint
Locked down and brooding, showing the vintage's restrained power through layers of tar, dried herbs, and dark cherry. The structure is impeccable. Fine-grained tannins and piercing acidity that promise decades of evolution. Subtle hints of leather and crushed violets emerge slowly, but this demands serious patience. Don't even think about opening before 2026, and even then it will be just beginning its journey.
dark cherrytardried herbsleather
Label
Bartolo Mascarello
→Bartolo Mascarello is one of Barolo's most storied and uncompromising estates, producing traditionally made wines from Castiglione Falletto that have defined a benchmark for the appellation across decades.