Barolo Mosconi 2018 150cl

Wow. This is a super-sensual Barolo with wild black-fruit character, such as ripe elderberries and dried dates. Fresher notes of blood oranges, too. Balanced vanilla edge to the palate that coats the firm, grainy tannins and carries the creamy fruit through the long finish. Super-succulent and enticing. To produce this in 2018 is a real achievement. Hats off to the winemaking. So tempting even now, but will only improve. Try from 2024.

The 2018 Barolo Riserva Mosconi emerges from a parcel of old-vines. What impresses me most is the energy and delineation here, two qualities that are not often found in wines from Mosconi. Bright red fruit, rose petal, mint, spice and blood orange all flesh out over time. The 2018 will need a few years to be at its best, but that should not be an issue as it won't be released any time soon. This is promising, to say the least.

The Parusso 2018 Barolo Mosconi shows that distinctively stemmy element that I always associate with these wines so carefully made by Marco Parusso and his family. The bouquet is firm and powerful with dried cherry, steeped Darjeeling tea and persimmon. The wine is extra solid, both in terms of structure and tannins, and it follows up with an ample 15% alcohol content.