Giuseppe Mascarello – Barbera d’Alba Vigna Santo Stefano – 2017

The Giuseppe Mascarello winery is a reality with more history and tradition than the whole Langa. The winery was founded in 1881 by Giuseppe when he bought a plot of land in the municipality of Monforte d’Alba. In 1904 Maurizio, Giuseppe’s son, decided to buy the Monprivato vineyard in Castiglione Falletto, one of the most beautiful crus in the area, famous for giving very elegant wines but nevertheless with a great aging potential.
In this very vineyard some Barolo Nebbiolo cuttings were planted grafted with the rare michet clone, famous for giving more intense aromas and sweetness to Nebbioli. The same michet clone is still used for Barolo Monprivato and the Ca ‘d’ Morissio reserve. In the following years the production has expanded to Barbera and Dolcetto as well as to Nebbiolo and Barolo, but always grown in excellent vineyards with the best exposures.
The style is always very classic, with the exclusive use of only large Slavonian oak barrels for refinements and minimal intervention in the vineyard with treatments and very low yields (about 60 – 65 quintals of grapes per hectare).
Barbera Santo Stefano di Perno, made in the vineyard of the same name, is the Barbera that best represents the winery. Made with the most beautiful plants of the parcel, (always in the same position as Nebbiolo da Barolo) it ages for almost a year in large oak barrels and sold 3 years after the harvest. A legendary wine, a Barbera lady!
In the 2016 vintage this barbera plays more on the structure with a huge potential of 15 years of life, thanks to the grandeur of this vintage.

• Producer: Mascarello Giuseppe e Figlio
• Name: Barbera d’Alba Vigna Santo Stefano
• Grape Variety: 100% Barbera
• Vintage: 2017
• Alcohol Content: 15%
• Bottle Size: 750 ml
• Production:

Productive Notes: fermentation in submerged cap steel tanks. Aging in large Slavonian oak barrels for a few months and in concrete tanks.