{"product_id":"giuseppe-mascarello-barolo-monprivato-2012-1-5l","title":"Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2012 (1.5L)","description":"A 2012 Monprivato in magnum, and the fact that it exists at all is the family's own verdict on the year. The Mascarellos give this cru its own numbered label only in vintages they judge outstanding or excellent, and in lesser years the fruit goes into the regular Barolo or is sold as Langhe Nebbiolo. Monprivato is a mid-slope hillside of just over six hectares at 280 metres in Castiglione Falletto, right in the centre of the Barolo zone. It faces south-west with nothing nearby to block the sun, and its Nebbiolo, much of it the Michét strain Maurizio Mascarello first brought in back in 1921, grows in blue-grey marine marl that's high in active limestone. It has been on the land registry as a vineyard since 1666, and the family has owned it since 1904. Today they hold nearly all of it, apart from a small parcel low on the hill that belongs to Giovanni Sordo. The cellar is just as old-school as the site. Mauro Mascarello, who took over in 1967 and now runs the estate with his daughter Elena, works in a converted 18th-century building in Monchiero that was originally used to store and sell natural ice. If you want Barolo made the old way from one of its most storied hillsides, it doesn't get much more authentic. Serve at about 18°C, which is the producer's own advice.","brand":"Private [PRI]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44125564403747,"sku":"SF-A-HDH1026-110226-12-7\/10","price":449.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Giuseppe-Mascarello-Barolo-Monprivato-2012-1_5L-Red-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1793746298","url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/giuseppe-mascarello-barolo-monprivato-2012-1-5l","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}