Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2021 BFCM21ALL in Piedmont — which makes

in Piedmont — which makes finding it in the Sacramento Delta a small act of geographic mischief

A single-cask cognac from Grande Champagne—the premier cru of Cognac's six terroirs—distilled in 2004 and bottled unblended

persistent finish that whispers of earth and alpine altitude

Founded in 2001 by childhood friends who grew up together in Napa Valley

Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 2021 BFCM21ALL in Piedmont — which makesOne of Barolo's legendary monopole vineyardsowned almost entirely by the Mascarello family since Maurizio purchased the first parcel in 1904. Introduced as a single vineyard bottling in 1921, Monprivato in Castiglione Falletto is one of only three great monopole crus in Barolo. Mauro Mascarello's approach is 'enlightened traditionalism': floating cap fermentation, approximately 3. 5 years in old Slavonian oak botti from the 1950s, unfined and