2020 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy 1.5L Magnum De Fermo natural yeast fermentation in open-top

natural yeast fermentation in open-top vat with regular pigeage

Aged in 500-liter barrels (no new wood) for 18 months

Produced in Santiago Matatlán

La Pretension 2022 compared to 2021 is a fresher and more mineral wine without compromising the texture of 2021

One of the fermenters was fermented 100% whole cluster and the other was destemmed

2020 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy 1.5L Magnum De Fermo natural yeast fermentation in open-topThis is the estates single Barolo, a traditional blend of Nebbiolo from Cannubi, San Lorenzo, Ru (Barolo) and Rocche dellAnnunziata (La Morra), co fermented to express the whole territory rather than single crus. Fermentation takes place in old concrete vats with native yeasts, followed by an extended maceration under cappello sommerso; in 2020 the wine spent about fifty five days on skins. levage is in large Slavonian oak botti for roughly thirty