2001 Giuseppe e Figlio Mascarello "Monprivato" Barolo

“The 2001 Barolo Monprivato is striking. It boasts gorgeous textural depth and richness to match its highly expressive, compelling aromatics. The wine has begun to soften a touch. Though not at all forbidding at this stage, the 2001 Monprivato remains an infant with at least two more decades of fine drinking ahead. This is a gorgeous effort from Mauro Mascarello. (AG)” (04/2012)

“The 2001 Barolo Monprivato is pure elegance and class with its brilliant perfume of sweet red fruits, flowers, orange zest, and licorice. Showing a feminine, lightly textured style, it gains breadth and richness with time in the glass and is beautifully balanced on the palate as well as long. It’s drinking beautifully today yet unquestionably has another 15-20 years of prime drinking.” (03/2019)

“It had been three years since I had last tasted the beautiful 2001 Monprivato when this vertical tasting popped up, courtesy of the Rare Wine Company, and I was delighted to see our evening would begin with the 2001s. The ’01 Monprivato is well on its way to being one of the legendary recent vintages of this great vineyard, as the wine offers up a simply stellar bouquet of cherries, roses, a touch of orange peel, woodsmoke, a bit of camphor and a fabulous base of soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very suave and elegant on the attack, with a great core of fruit, ripe tannins and outstanding length and grip on the nascently complex and very pure finish. This will be a great wine, but give it a bit more time. (JG) 94+” (07/2014)

“Wonderfully perfumed aromas of red fruits, dried rose, flowers and herbs; this smells like a Chambolle from Freddy Mugnier. Wonderfully sweet and juicy, with lovely floral perfume and captivating, high-toned mineral delicacy to the raspberry and red cherry fruit flavors. The very long, youthfully austere finish features firm tannins that avoid coming off as dry. (ST) 93+” (12/2007)

“Very pale ruby. Very fine raspberry and kitchen-spice nose, garden herbs too. White chocolate hints. Beautifully poised and light of touch. 18/20 points (WS)” (06/2011)