Giuseppe Mascarello - Barbera d'Alba Vigna Santo Stefano di Perno produced in the vineyard of the same name located on the eastern side of Monforte d'Alba.

Giuseppe Mascarello – Barbera d’Alba Vigna Santo Stefano di Perno – 2020

The Perno cru is located on the eastern side of the commune of Monforte d’Alba, differs in having more compact and darker soils giving the wines more complexity. The winery owns about one hectare in the best exposed part of the vineyard, in the “Santo Stefano” subzone with vines still planted with the old “Michet” nebbiolo clone, renowned for giving juicier wines with primary aromas and sweeter tannins. The wine in this case did the ‘aging for 3 years in medium-large barrels. Rare to find, but the result is a less emblazoned, more niche wine but with drier tannins and a slightly more complex structure.

  • Producer: Mascarello Giuseppe e Figli
  • Name: Barolo Perno Vigna Santo Stefano
  • Grape Variety: 100% Barbera
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Alcohol Content: 15%
  • Bottle Size: 750 ml
  • Production:

Productive Notes: fermentation on the skins for 20 days. Aging in medium-large oak barrels for 3 years.

Wine naturally contains solphites

35,00€

2 in stock

Description

The Giuseppe Mascarello winery is one of the wineries with the most history and tradition in the entire Langa; the winery was founded in 1881 by Giuseppe when he bought a plot of land in the commune of Monforte d’Alba. In 1904 Maurizio, Giuseppe’s son, bought the Monprivato vineyard in Castiglione Falletto, one of the most beautiful cru in the area, famous for giving very elegant wines but nevertheless with a great aging potential.
It was in this vineyard that a number of nebbiolo da Barolo vines were planted, grafted with the rare michet clone, famous for giving more intense aromas and sweetness to nebbiolos. To this day, the same michet clone is used for Barolo Monprivato and the reserve Ca’ d’ Morissio. In the following years production has expanded to Barbera and Dolcetto as well as 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 aging and minimal intervention in the vineyard with treatments and very low yields ( about 60 to 65 quintals of grapes per hectare ).

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