Mauro Molino - Barolo DOCG 2021
Price: $49.99
| Producer | Mauro Molino |
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| Country | Italy |
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| Region | Barolo |
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| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
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| Vintage | 2021 |
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| Sku | 37702 |
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Wine Advocate: 95 Points
This wine shows a combination of lively fruit and elegance that only Nebbiolo can deliver. The Mauro Molino 2021 Barolo offers a terrific and well-priced interpretation of the vintage with redcurrant, blue flower and crushed stone over a fine mouthfeel with tension and energy. This wine jumps the gap into a higher, more exciting level of Barolo intensity. Fruit comes from Annunziata, Berri and Perno on limestone soils. The wine is fermented in stainless steel and moves into large oak casks. The wine offers a pretty, naked portrait of the grape. This simplest wine is one of my favorites. Production is 45,000 bottles.
Jeb Dunnuck: 94 Points
The medium red 2021 Barolo is the calling card of the Mauro Molino estate and comes from the three vineyards of Annuziata, Berri, and Perno. The nose is quite complete with aromas of fresh wild herbs, cherries, roses, raspberries, and fresh apricots. It's very finessed and has a fantastic noble structure while also bringing a crunchy mineral texture and mouthwatering feel. This lovely wine will age with ease over the coming 20 or more years.
James Suckling: 93 Points
The citrus, crushed stone and red fruit come through on the nose. Medium-bodied with firm and linear tannins and a vivid finish. Cherry and cedar at the end. Fresh finish. This needs time to soften the fine, firm tannins, but it's lovely already. Drinkable now, but better in a year or two.
Decanter Magazine: 91 Points
Based in La Morra, Mauro Molino's 'ambassador' Barolo is assembled around estate vineyards in Berri and Annunziata, with purchased fruit coming from Perno which – being in Monforte d'Alba – is added to give a bit more heft. A fresh and engaging nose exhibits balsamic notes of sage and thyme against a strawberry and red currant backdrop. It has nice breeziness and easy flow without being superficial. There is citrussy tension and a mouthwatering crunch, while light and powdery tannins are decidedly La Morra-esque.
