Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2021 BFCM21ALL in Piedmont — which makes

in Piedmont — which makes finding it in the Sacramento Delta a small act of geographic mischief

floral aromatics

whole-cluster pressed and bottled with little to no added sulfur

ripe citrus

A single-cask cognac from Grande Champagne—the premier cru of Cognac's six terroirs—distilled in 2004 and bottled unblended

Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2021 BFCM21ALL in Piedmont — which makesOne of Barolo's legendary monopole vineyardsowned almost entirely by the Mascarello family since Maurizio purchased the first parcel in 1904. Introduced as a single vineyard bottling in 1921, Monprivato in Castiglione Falletto is one of only three great monopole crus in Barolo. Mauro Mascarello's approach is 'enlightened traditionalism': floating cap fermentation, approximately 3. 5 years in old Slavonian oak botti from the 1950s, unfined and