Paolo Scavino - Barolo Prapò 2021 (750ml)

Paolo Scavino Barolo 'Prapo 2021

KO:97/V:96/WA:95/JS:95 

Sustainable • Nebbiolo from the Prapò cru within Serralunga d'Alba • Planted at 370 meters above sea level with south/southeast orientation • Planted with massal selection in 2010 • Soil type: Formazioni di Lequio, a yellow-red sand combined with silty gray marl • Fruit harvested by hand in the third week of October • Submerged-cap maceration (10-12 days on avg) in stainless steel rotary fermenter • Indigenous yeast fermentation (20-30 days on avg) in stainless steel • Aged 20 months in large French oak cask and 3 months stainless steel, plus 14-16 months in bottle • Approximately 400 cases produced annually

KO97: “Paolo Scavino has crushed the 2021 vintage for its Barolos and the family’s Prapò is another gorgeous showing. It opens with intense aromas of ripe dark-skinned berry, star anise, violet and new leather. Showing its Serralunga roots, the structured, full-bodied palate features a backbone of firm, fine-grained tannins that support ripe red cherry, cranberry, star anise and mocha before a cool, mentholated finish. Bright acidity provides balance and great tension. Promising great longevity, it’s youthfully austere at this stage and will benefit from more cellaring.”

V96: “The 2021 Barolo Prapò is fabulous. It offers up an exotic mix of dark fruit, lavender, graphite, plum and scorched earth, with firm, muscular Serralunga tannins to back it all up. Readers will have to be patient with the 2021. It's a superb wine in the making, but very much a Serralunga Barolo that needs time to blossom.”