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Bartolo
Mascarello
A lot has changed in the legendary wine-making
region of Piemonte. Over the past two decades a new wave
of producers has emerged in the region, revealing different
personalities of the majestic nebbiolo grape. And to their
credit, the modernists have made Barolo more approachable.
However, Barolo is a wine of patience and, like the great
wine-making regions of Europe, it possesses an ancient,
glorious past that cannot be forgotten. There is a handful
of gladiators who continue to protect this past way of life
and resist all temptations to bow to commercial pressures.
The use of long maceration (capello sommerso) and aging
in large old barrels (botti) of local oak and chestnut are
perfected, not disregarded. These true artisans are Piemonte’s
greatest producers: Giacomo Conterno, Bruno Giacosa, and,
most notably, Bartolo Mascarello. This great man who passed
away in March, 2005 still has a cult following.
Bartolo Mascarello, the great elder statesman
of Barolo, spoke with the same candidness and fervor as
the younger Angelo Gaja. However, for Bartolo the passion
was for the preservation of Barolo’s historic past,
which emphasizes the flavors of the local land rather than
wood grown in Limousin, France or roto-fermentors designed
Down Under. Until a few years before his death, this gentle
man refused even to have a telephone in his office.
Bartolo's daughter, Maria Teresa, makes
her wine the same way her father did 50 years ago, through
techniques that go back centuries and which were inherited
when he was an apprentice under his father, Giulio, one
of the true icons of Barolo. Despite his owning vines on
the prestigious Cannubi hilltop, Mascarello's wine is not
a cru selection; it is a blend from Canubbi, San Lorenzo,
Rue, and Rocche. The approach is simple: low yields and
ripe fruit from Barolo’s best vines, blended for consistent
quality and style. Like his father, he instilled these same
values and techniques in the next generation, who now carries
on the artisan’s craft and represents the future of
Barolo’s Old School.
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Roagna,
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Sandrone,
Scavino,
Vietti,
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