Giuseppe Mascarello Barbera d'Alba Scudetto 2022 NO20230823 coral-pink sparkler with genuine character

coral-pink sparkler with genuine character and an easygoing charm that begs you to open it on a Tuesday

and proof that a workhorse grape can run

Turns out the man knows how to grow grapes

and this 2022 exemplifies their commitment to austere elegance and minerality

often sweet after taste

Giuseppe Mascarello Barbera d'Alba Scudetto 2022 NO20230823 coral-pink sparkler with genuine characterBarbera from one of Barolo's most revered traditional estates. Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio was founded in 1881; Mauro Mascarello (fourth generation) works alongside his daughter Elena. The Scudetto vineyard ('shield,' for its shape) is in Monforte d'Alba. Same uncompromising approach as the Barolos: no French oak barrels or roto fermenters, only old Slavonian oak botti purchased in the 1950s. If you want to taste Mascarello's philosophy without the