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Tasting: Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 1996
Posted in italia, piemonte, the greats, wine on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The late Bartolo Mascarello, l’ultimo dei mohicani (last of the Mohicans) as he referred to himself, was the staunchest of Barolo traditionalists and stubbornly refused to swim with the modernist tide (the transformation that for better or for worse has changed Italian winemaking in the last 30 years or so has created an international style [...]
Barolo 2006: First Look
Posted in italia, piemonte, travel, wine on May 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
After having tasted over 200 Barolos in Alba from the 2006 vintage over the course of a week, it’s clear that nothing about this vintage is very clear. For starters, the decision made by Bruno Giacosa, the Langhe’s éminence grise, not to bottle any of his 2006 Barolos or Barbarescos cast a pall over the vintage and [...]
Tasting: Quintarelli Amarone 1998 03/10/10
Posted in italia, the greats, wine on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not often I get to taste wine made by one of the greatest winemakers in the world. As much as you can attribute the relative brilliance of Burgundy, Barolo or German riesling to particular vineyard sites or even individual rows of vines, great Amarone is as much a product of a winemaker’s aesthetic, conviction and [...]
