THE PRODUCER
Giuseppe Mascarello & Figlio, founded in 1881, is one of Barolo’s finest
producers. The 12ha family estate is located, in the Monchiero village, just
outside the delimited Barolo area, but the family is strongly associated with
the Barolo commune Castiglione Falletto, in which the majority of their vineyard
holdings are found. The family’s flagship bottling is the Barolo Monprivato –
which is one of the finest vineyards in all of Barolo.

The Mascarellos own 6.2 ha of the Monprivato vineyard (roughly 93%), and are
currently the only ones to use the ‘Monprivato’ name on the label. Today the
estate is run by Mauro Mascarello, who took over the reins from his father in
1967, and who was the one to take initiative to start vinifying Monprivato on
its own in the 1970s. He also introduced sorting tables and lowered yields,
altogether having a positive influence on the quality of the grape material.

THE WINE

Monprivato is the Mascarello family’s flagship vineyard – they own 6.2 hectares
which equates to around 93% of the total and are the only ones to currently use
the Monprivato name on the label. Monprivato is located in the village of
Castiglione Falletto at 280 metres altitude. The soil is clay-silt with a high
active limestone content and the exposure is southwest. Only produced in
outstanding vintages, Monprivato is one of the greatest Barolos of all.

INFORMATION
Type:RedVintage:2007Country:ItalyRegion:Piedmont
Sub region:BarbarescoGrape:100% Nebbiolo
Style:Savory and classicSweetness:DryABV:14%Drinking window:2017 - 2037Size:
750mlFood match:Lamb


CRITICS SCORES
We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines)of
which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to
promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided
by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do
not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more
weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores
like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100average critic score or
better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a
high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we
offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the
market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and
representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide
to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add
individual critic scores to our website in the future.