Barolo DOCG Castelletto 2018, Mauro Veglio
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Vintage: 2018
Region: Piedmont, Italy
Varietal: 100% Nebbiolo
Appellation: Barolo
Type: Red
Drinking Window: 2023 -2042
Alcohol content: 14.5%
Scores (if you care about): 94/100 Monica Larner Robert Parker;
94/100 Wine Enthusiast
Tasting notes and Reviews
"With fruit from a 3.5-hectare vineyard in Monforte d'Alba located at a cool 300 to 400 meters in elevation, the 2018 Barolo Castelletto offers superb elegance and harmony. The wine is made from a special selection of fruit from 30-year-old vines, and like the other Barolos in this portfolio, skin maceration times are standard, lasting from 15 to 20 days. This gives the wine power and personality, yet the Castelletto also maintains a delicate frame and finely tuned aromas that span wild berry and blue flowers." 94/100, Monica Larner, Robertparker.com Aug 2022
"This wine's enticing rose, blue flower, menthol and herb scents come together in the glass. On the taut, precise palate, tightly knit, refined tannins enwrap crunchy red cherry and juicy cranberry flavors. White pepper and clove notes add depth, while bright acidity lends balance. Drink 2023–2035." 94/100 Wine Enthusiast
The Family & Estate
The Veglio family has been associated with Wine making for over a 100 years starting as farmers and sharecroppers.
Starting 1960s, Mauro Veglio's father Angelo bought his first vineyards in the locality of Gattera. It was a splendid piece of land in the frazione of Annunziata in the township of La Morra, where today they produce their Barolo Gattera DOCG. In 1979 in Annunziata, the family acquired the farmhouse called Cascina Nuova and some of its property including about five hectares of vineyards, among which were the cru of Arborina and Rocche dell’Annunziata. It was the beginning of a new path.
Of Angelo’s three sons, only Mauro followed in the footsteps of his father. In the 1980s, not many people were willing to bet on Barolo, even though it was the most promising challenge in winemaking. In 1986 at 25 years old, Mauro took over the management of the winery after his father came down with an illness.
This was when the winery and farmhouse underwent restoration, the vineyards were renewed, and the first experiments in winemaking were carried out.
In 1987, Mauro married Daniela, and several years later in 1996, the vineyards of Monforte d’Alba were added to their property in La Morra in the frazioneof Castelletto. These were adventurous years, during which the producers of Barolo were beginning to exchange ideas and advice, technology and machines. New concepts were formed together with groups of visionaries in the winemaking field, contributing to innovations in making Barolo wine. No longer were the wines rustic and poorly crafted, but they were clean, ready to drink, with a higher polyphenolic extract and a measured use of small barrels. 1992 marks the year of their first harvest and vinification in the new winery, built next to the foundations of the farmhouse Cascina Nuova.
Mauro Veglio Castelletto comes from the Castelletto area between Monforte d'Alba and the frazione of Perno along the confines of Serralunga d'Alba from Vineyards that have a southeast exposure. The vines are between 20-40yrs old with majority of the vineyards planted between end of 1970s and 1994
Vinification
The maceration on the skin in temperature controlled rotary fermenters lasts about 8 days before the grapes are pressed followed by alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel for about 20 days followed by temperature controlled malolactic fermentation.
Mauro Veglio, like their neighbour Elio Altare have embraced modern techniques to age their Barolos and the results, just like Elio Altare are phenomenal.
Starting December the wines the wine is transferred into small oak barrels (40% new and 60% used) where these age for another 24 months. The wine is decanted in stainless steel and bottled without fining and filtration and goes through further bottle ageing for approx another 2 years before being released.
The prevalent amount of sandstone and the well ventilated microclimate creates a tannic Barolo that is very fresh with balsamic, mint and eucalyptus notes. Mauro Veglio Barolo's are approachable on release but with the lovely qualities to age for decades like all great Barolos.
"With fruit from a 3.5-hectare vineyard in Monforte d'Alba located at a cool 300 to 400 meters in elevation, the 2018 Barolo Castelletto offers superb elegance and harmony. The wine is made from a special selection of fruit from 30-year-old vines, and like the other Barolos in this portfolio, skin maceration times are standard, lasting from 15 to 20 days. This gives the wine power and personality, yet the Castelletto also maintains a delicate frame and finely tuned aromas that span wild berry and blue flowers." 94/100, Monica Larner, Robertparker.com Aug 2022
"This wine's enticing rose, blue flower, menthol and herb scents come together in the glass. On the taut, precise palate, tightly knit, refined tannins enwrap crunchy red cherry and juicy cranberry flavors. White pepper and clove notes add depth, while bright acidity lends balance. Drink 2023–2035." 94/100 Wine Enthusiast
The Family & Estate
The Veglio family has been associated with Wine making for over a 100 years starting as farmers and sharecroppers.
Starting 1960s, Mauro Veglio's father Angelo bought his first vineyards in the locality of Gattera. It was a splendid piece of land in the frazione of Annunziata in the township of La Morra, where today they produce their Barolo Gattera DOCG. In 1979 in Annunziata, the family acquired the farmhouse called Cascina Nuova and some of its property including about five hectares of vineyards, among which were the cru of Arborina and Rocche dell’Annunziata. It was the beginning of a new path.
Of Angelo’s three sons, only Mauro followed in the footsteps of his father. In the 1980s, not many people were willing to bet on Barolo, even though it was the most promising challenge in winemaking. In 1986 at 25 years old, Mauro took over the management of the winery after his father came down with an illness.
This was when the winery and farmhouse underwent restoration, the vineyards were renewed, and the first experiments in winemaking were carried out.
In 1987, Mauro married Daniela, and several years later in 1996, the vineyards of Monforte d’Alba were added to their property in La Morra in the frazioneof Castelletto. These were adventurous years, during which the producers of Barolo were beginning to exchange ideas and advice, technology and machines. New concepts were formed together with groups of visionaries in the winemaking field, contributing to innovations in making Barolo wine. No longer were the wines rustic and poorly crafted, but they were clean, ready to drink, with a higher polyphenolic extract and a measured use of small barrels. 1992 marks the year of their first harvest and vinification in the new winery, built next to the foundations of the farmhouse Cascina Nuova.
Mauro Veglio Castelletto comes from the Castelletto area between Monforte d'Alba and the frazione of Perno along the confines of Serralunga d'Alba from Vineyards that have a southeast exposure. The vines are between 20-40yrs old with majority of the vineyards planted between end of 1970s and 1994
Vinification
The maceration on the skin in temperature controlled rotary fermenters lasts about 8 days before the grapes are pressed followed by alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel for about 20 days followed by temperature controlled malolactic fermentation.
Mauro Veglio, like their neighbour Elio Altare have embraced modern techniques to age their Barolos and the results, just like Elio Altare are phenomenal.
Starting December the wines the wine is transferred into small oak barrels (40% new and 60% used) where these age for another 24 months. The wine is decanted in stainless steel and bottled without fining and filtration and goes through further bottle ageing for approx another 2 years before being released.
The prevalent amount of sandstone and the well ventilated microclimate creates a tannic Barolo that is very fresh with balsamic, mint and eucalyptus notes. Mauro Veglio Barolo's are approachable on release but with the lovely qualities to age for decades like all great Barolos.