2005 Barolo, Monprivato, Giuseppe Mascarello, Piedmont (6 x Bottle)

Our move into older wines features three exquisite Barolos. Mauro Mascarello’s 2005 Barolo Monprivato has always been fabulous. It is still all that and more. In 2005, Mascarello did not bottle his flagship Barolo Riserva Ca’ d’Morissio, opting instead to focus solely on the flagship Barolo Monprivato. The 2005 remains fresh and vibrant, with the typical red-fruited and floral notes that are so typical of this site.
2005 Barolo, Monprivato, Giuseppe Mascarello, Piedmont (6 x Bottle)
Our move into older wines features three exquisite Barolos. Mauro Mascarello’s 2005 Barolo Monprivato has always been fabulous. It is still all that and more. In 2005, Mascarello did not bottle his flagship Barolo Riserva Ca’ d’Morissio, opting instead to focus solely on the flagship Barolo Monprivato. The 2005 remains fresh and vibrant, with the typical red-fruited and floral notes that are so typical of this site.
Producer | Azienda Agricola Mascarello |
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Region | Piedmont |
Country | Italy |
Vintage | 2005 |
Colour | Red |
ABV | 14.00% |
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Vinous
The 2005 Barolo Monprivato is a very pretty, harmonious wine endowed with tons of purity in its fruit. All of the telltale aromas and flavors of Monprivato are there – geraniums, roses, spices and flowers – but backed up by quite a bit of heft and body as well. Today, the 2005 Monprivato is quite tannic, but it should come around with a few more years in bottle. In some ways, the 2005 reminds me of the 1999, another vintage in which the Cà d’Morissio is produced. Monprivato is typically one of the hardest wines to accruately assess when young, and only time will tell what heights it ultimately reaches. For now, the future certainly seems bright. This is a mysterious, seductive Monprivato that will be fascinating to follow. Mascarello was especially selective with his Monprivato and only bottled about 50% of his production. He also blended in the juice kept separately for the Cà d’Morissio, which in this vintage is about 20% of the final blend as opposed to the more typical 10% in vintages when the Cà d’Morissio is produced.
94+ Points / Drinking 2015 - 2035
By Antonio Galloni / October 2009
Vinous
Mauro Mascarello’s 2005 Barolo Monprivato is absolutely beautiful. Orange peel, mint, tobacco, dried cherry and anise make a strong first impression. The 2005 appears to be going through an adolescent stage where the primary fruit has faded, but secondary and tertiary notes have not fully developed, so I suggest cellaring the wine for at least a few years to allow it to go through this phase. Initially quite delicate, the 2005 puts on considerable weight with air. This is going to be a fascinating Barolo to follow in the coming years and decades.
94 Points / Drinking 2020 - 2040
By Antonio Galloni / July 2016
Vinous
Good bright, dark red. Lovely floral nebbiolo perfume of strawberry, cherry and violet complicated by licorice, bitter chocolate and wild herbs; I was reminded of the northern Cote de Nuits. Silky, generous and layered, with lovely aromatic, expressive nebbiolo character and much more inner-mouth perfume today than the 2004. The tannins are fine-grained but this wine nonetheless possesses serious backbone. An excellent showing. This wine now includes 7% or 8% of the rose clone of nebbiolo, which Mascarello replanted here in 1996.
92-94 Points
By Stephen Tanzer / November 2009