PIO CESARE Barolo 'Mosconi' - Piedmont 2019 Bottle

Description

There has been great anticipation for 2019 vintage Barolo and Barbaresco.

Pio Cesare, one of my long-time favourite producers, have made excellent wines and in particular we recommend for quality and value Pio Cesare’s classic ‘Barolo Pio’ 2019 which is superb.

The Vintage
The good weather conditions across a long growing season with no major temperature peaks and good water reserves in the soil allowed the Nebbiolo grapes to achieve perfect ripening without any stress, and to express the typical features of each vineyard revealing the great diversity that characterises each vineyard within the Pio Cesare estate.

The Wines
The 2019 vintage has a very traditional character, with wines that show great structure but retain great fruit concentration and floral character at the same time, along with balanced acidity, soft tannin and extraordinary aromatic complexity, all typical characteristics of great Barolo and Barbaresco vintages.

The Details
This wine hails from a single plot in the Mosconi Cru in Monforte d’Alba. Here the soils have high limestone content and clay and produce a wine of great elegance and finesse, yet structured and complex. Barolo Mosconi always show great purity of fruit, refined tannins and balanced acidity with great ageing potential.

James Suckling 96 points
"This is so curated and fine, with a tannin structure that is both sophisticated and racy. Medium to full body. Silky texture with a finish that just takes off. Rose stems and dark fruit, such as plums and strawberries. Some black truffles, too. These are from vineyards planted in 1960 and 1970."