Comments on: 1998 Bartolo Mascarello tasting notes (no cause for alarm)

By: Do Bianchi

Do Bianchi — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:17:10 +0000

Evan, I’ve followed the wine for many years now and I think that most would agree that Maria Teresa has done a superb job of taking over the winery without losing the continuity with her father’s vision. The joke they tell when you visit the winery is that the only difference between the era of Bartolo and that of Maria Teresa is that now there’s a telephone (it’s her name, she points out because her father would never install a phone in his own name; when I write to her, I have to send the emails to her cousin at the Hotel Barolo who prints the emails out and walks them over to her).

The 2005? A ripe, warm vintage for Piedmont… Personally, I wouldn’t begin touching the 2005 until 2015-2017… It’s been a while since I’ve tasted it (at Vini Veri) but definitely a 20-year wine if not longer…

Justin, our palates align almost seamlessly… thanks for sharing this…

Vinogirl, I’m pretty sure that the bottles I opened (at a wine dinner) in Texas had been heat damaged. It was as if the wine’s aging had been accelerated. Honestly, the wines were gorgeous and they tasted more like 30 or 40 year old Barolo… they were stunning in fact…

thanks for reading and commenting yall! :)

By: Vinogirl

Vinogirl — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:34:31 +0000

Bottle variation?

By: Justin Gallen

Justin Gallen — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:50:17 +0000

Here are my tasting notes on the 1999 tasted blind:

Clear and bright with pale ruby orange core out to a orange watery rim. Clean with aged aromas of seeder and loamy undergrowth and older oak. Dry with medium plus to high tannins and cranberry and orange peek and some cedar. Excellent acidity and a long finish. 1980′s Barolo and maybe older? Soft but hard.

1999 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo – this one was nailed by a group member as a “banker” or a wine that is so iconic that you need to get it immediately. Maybe not the vintage or the producer, but definitely region. I thought it was older than it was but definitely thought it was from a traditional producer and would probably have said Mascarello given the choice. A true and perfect expression of nebbiolo that could go for another 20 years, easy.

By: Evan Dawson

Evan Dawson — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:11:29 +0000

This is a major gap in my wine resume, J. Never had a Bartolo M. I have a bottle of 2005, which brings me two questions: 1) We’re talking years down the line, no? And 2) How much has changed since the great man passed away?