Mauro Veglio Barolo 2016
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Ruby red of medium intensity and garnet red hues. Aromas are intense, harmonic, with ethereal and captivating nuances and a final note of red fruit. Warm, balanced, with good persistence; already drinking well. Finishes with polished tannins and a delicate vanilla aftertaste. It is particularly enjoyable to savor its initial freshness and then appreciate the evolution of its aromas as the wine slowly warms in the glass.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Mauro Veglio has produced a focused and beautiful wine in this balanced vintage. The 2016 Barolo is a youthful and tightly wound expression that will slowly unravel and soften with time. I'd give it another five years in the bottle. The bouquet is squarely focused on Nebbiolo, with lovely berry, wild violets, tar, asphalt and licorice. The wine is elegant and tight, with fine and polished tannins. This classic Barolo represents a blend of fruit from some of the younger vines planted across three cru sites: Arborina and Gattera in La Morra and Castelletto in Monforte d'Alba. Fruit is harvested at different times and fermented separately, with short maceration times of up to 12 days on the skins. Aging takes the wine through 24 months in barrique, 80% of which is neutral wood. Rating : 93+
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Red-berry, dogrose and grilled herb aromas mingle together in the glass along with a whiff of eucalyptus. On the smooth full-bodied palate, notes of licorice and vanilla accent a core of ripe black cherry. Polished, enveloping tannins provide smooth support. Drink through 2028.
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Their families were farmers for many generations, like many other families in the Langhe. In 1992, Mauro began to drastically reduce the number of grapes per hectare and started to vinify on his own in his new cantina. He utilized shorter macerations with temperature controlled rotary-fermenters and aging in small oak barrels, and he started to produce, little by little, wines that were more elegant with higher quality grapes.
Unlike the tendency of contemporary philosophy production which means the same as manipulating nature, they believe in natural systems of cultivation and vinification: they reject the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides in their vineyards. Any chemical process is refused in the winemaking as well as any artificial concentration or aromatization: this means that the quality of the wine is the result of the natural character of the vineyards, their soil composition and microclimatic differences determining the maturity of the individual vintages. The result is the authentic essence of their "terroir" in a glass.