Bartolo Mascarello, Barolo, 2009 OREGONCT0126 the wine is comfortably in

the wine is comfortably in its drinking window: tannins resolved into velvet

fruit-driven red from Piedmont

with notes of tart cherry

and two years in barrel

and for very good reason

Bartolo Mascarello, Barolo, 2009 OREGONCT0126 the wine is comfortably inA bottle of Barolo from the legendary Bartolo Mascarello, the four cru blend that defines traditional Barolo. Since 1918 this family has refused to follow fashion; Maria Teresa Mascarello co ferments Cannubi, San Lorenzo, Rue and Rocche dell'Annunziata together and ages the wine in large neutral Slavonian botti. 2009 was a warm, ripe vintage, so this drinks with generosity and accessibility, the riper fruit balanced by Bartolo's classic savory frame.