Piedmont Producers COPY Flashcards
When was Mascarello founded, and where is it?
1920, by Giulio Mascarello, Bartolo’s father
Barolo proper
Mascarello: winemaking
Fermentation in glass lined concrete
Spontaneous fermentation as much as possible (but not dogmatic)
40-50 days
Aging in botti
Mascarello: vineyards
Cannubi
San Lorenzo
Rué (SW of Sarmassa)
Le Rocche
Does Mascarello make a riserva?
NO
When was Giuseppe Rinaldi founded, and where is it?
1890, by Giuseppe Rinaldi, the current Giuseppe (Beppe)’s grandfather.
Barolo proper
What is Rinaldi Brunate Riserva?
A single vineyard riserva bottling, made only in top vintages and released after 10 years of barrel age. Made by Beppe’s father Battista, discontinued by Beppe in 1990 (he prefers the tradition of blending sites).
Who are the “Last of the Mohicans?”
Bartolo Mascarello
Beppe Rinaldi
Teobaldo Cappellano
Beppe Rinaldi: Viticulture and Winemaking
No chemicals. Copper and sulfur against fungal disease.
Fertilizing only with manure, for 4-5 years when the vines are young.
Spontaneous fermentation in wooden vats, 20-30 day maceration. Botti only.
Historically, what are Giuseppe Rinaldi’s two wines? What vintage did this change? Why?
Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera
Brunate-Le Coste
2010, when the ruling was passed that a bottle can bear a single vineyard name, or none.
Rinaldi wines, post 2010
Brunate (which will include the max 15% allowed of Le Coste) Tre Tine (Le Coste, Ravera, Cannubi San Lorenzo)
Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera v. Brunate-Le Coste
CSL-Ravera is rounder, more succulent, and more approachable earlier. Brunate-LC is more austere and firmly structured, intensely floral.
Presumably the Brunate will continue to be more austere and long lived than the Tre Tine?
Francesco Rinaldi: family relationship
Cousin to Giuseppe. Poderi are entirely separate. Traditionalist philosophy is the same.
Francesco Rinaldi: wines
Brunate
Cannubbio (Cannubi)
Grignolino
Dolcetto
Who owns Bricco Boschis, and where is it?
Cavallotto
Castiglione Falletto
Climats within Bricco Boschis
Vigna San Giuseppe
Vigna Colle Sudovest
Punta Marcello
Scavino: winemaking
First in Piedmont to use rotary fermenters in 1993. Today some of the wine sees the old rotary fermenters, and the rest sees new open top tanks with nets to keep the cap submerged.
Some pumpovers to release CO2.
First year in barrique, 15-20% new, then into large neutral cask.
Scavino: top wines
Bric Fiasc: first vinified separately in 1978, and the wine that put them on the map
Cannubi
Carobric (from Rocche di Castiglione)
Bricco Ambrogio (Roddi)
Monvigliero (Verduno)
Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva (La Morra)
When was Giuseppe Mascarello founded, and where?
1881, in Monchiero, outside the boundaries of Barolo. However, their prime real estate is in Castiglione Falletto.
Is Monprivato a monopole of Giuseppe Mascarello?
No, but they own 93%, and they are the only producer to so-label the wines.
What is Monprivato Ca’ d’Morissio?
A riserva made in qualifiying years, from a small parcel of very old Michet clone (less productive than Lampia) vinified and aged apart. If good enough it will see 1-2 more years of age in large wood; if not, it will be blended into Monprivato.