Barolo, Bartolo Mascarello 2018

This is a superbly delicate and carefully finessed wine that interprets the growing season with its alternating cold and hot intervals in an impeccable manner. The Bartolo Mascarello 2018 Barolo puts Nebbiolo and the vintage seamlessly together like lock and key. It opens to a beautiful drinking experience. The bouquet shows detail and finely tuned aromas of redcurrant, violet, rusty nail and blood orange. On the palate, this Barolo is so shiny and polished that it feels like silk. Without a doubt, this is one of the top wines of 2018. 2026-2050

Glossed to a high sheen, the 2018 Bartolo Mascarello is the epitome of elegance. Capturing the enticing fragrance and silky tannins that the vintage is known for, it opens with heady aromas of violet, rose petal, blood orange and baking spice while the delicious palate openly reveals juicy red cherry, star anise, cinnamon and eucalyptus notes alongside smooth tannins. A saline mineral note lingers on the close. It has a weightless finesse and great balance and despite being full-bodied, it dances on the palate. Drink through 2030.