Giuseppe Mascarello, Barolo Santo Stefano di Perno Vintage:2009

Giuseppe Mascarello, Barolo Santo Stefano di Perno Vintage:2009Good deep red. Ripe but distinctly wild nose hints at strawberry and musky roast coffee. Then a bit lower pitched in the mouth than the Villero and much more tannic on the back end. A somewhat rustic leathery element currently dominates underlying fruit. I'm not wild for the oak treatment here, which gives the finish a dry edge. Stephen Tanzer

perfect balance and a great finish

dark raspberry and earth that is trimmed in just enough wood to merit pointing out

The 1999 Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a step up from the 1998

The 2016 Shiraz Magill Estate aged in 100% new oak (70% French and 30% American)

under the leadership of owner/winemaker David Powell

when it matures

Kirsch liqueur

Unctuous tannins

There is a noticeably finer if less muscular mouthfeel to the equally mineral-inflected medium weight flavors that retain a lovely sense of energy on the well-delineated and again

Opaque purple/black in color

the 2015 Barolo Brunate

The wine represents a blend of Nebbiolo harvested from the Cannubi S