Bartolo Mascarello, Barolo, 2011
“No Barrique, No Berlusconi”—Bartolo Mascarello’s hand-painted protest labels became symbols of a man who refused to bend Barolo to fashion. While modernists embraced French oak barriques and single-vineyard bottlings, Mascarello insisted on traditional 2,500-liter Slavonian oak botti and multi-cru blending from parcels including Canubbi and Rocche di La Morra, believing that diverse vineyard sites create the most complete wine. His daughter Maria Teresa continues this philosophy without compromise. The 2011 vintage—warm with a scorching August followed by late September rains—produced wines of fresh red fruit, sweet tannins, and transparent terroir expression. Thirty to fifty days of maceration without temperature control, three years in large botti, then a year in bottle before release. Traditional Barolo in its purest, most uncompromising form.
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“No Barrique, No Berlusconi”—Bartolo Mascarello’s hand-painted protest labels became symbols of a man who refused to bend Barolo to fashion. While modernists embraced French oak barriques and single-vineyard bottlings, Mascarello insisted on traditional 2,500-liter Slavonian oak botti and multi-cru blending from parcels including Canubbi and Rocche di La Morra, believing that diverse vineyard sites create the most complete wine. His daughter Maria Teresa continues this philosophy without compromise. The 2011 vintage—warm with a scorching August followed by late September rains—produced wines of fresh red fruit, sweet tannins, and transparent terroir expression. Thirty to fifty days of maceration without temperature control, three years in large botti, then a year in bottle before release. Traditional Barolo in its purest, most uncompromising form.
