Paolo Scavino Barolo 'Bricco Ambrogio' MAGNUM 2021

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Paolo Scavino Barolo ‘Bricco Ambrogio’ MAGNUM 2021

Nebbiolo from Piedmont, La Morra, Italy

$445

$430ea in any 3+
$415ea in any 6+
Closure: Cork

Description

The 2021 Barolo Bricco Ambrogio is classy and polished to the core. This wine has come such a long way since its debut. Enrico Scavino really believed in this site when he purchased it a little more than 20 years ago. The 2021 is a fine testament to his vision. Lavender, sage, menthol and licorice lead into a core of dark-toned fruit in a Barolo that is deep yet also light on its feet. This is impeccably done, not to mention very tasty. Drink 2028-2041

Antonio Galloni, Vinous 95 Points

The Paolo Scavino 2021 Barolo Bricco Ambrogio is usually the lightest wine in the family’s collection of single-vineyard wines. From the village of Roddi in the northernmost point of the appellation, this area has wide vineyard valleys and cool southeast exposures. The heat of the day falls away quickly thanks to steep diurnal shifts. The soils are composed of blue marl and sand, and the family farms seven hectares here, of which five hectares are Nebbiolo (the rest is Dolcetto and old-vine Barbera). A selection of the best fruit is made from old vines and put into this bottle. The wine is soft and silky with red and blue fruits and floral aromas to close. Drink 2026-2040

Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate 94 Points

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Why is this Wine so Yummy?

I often find myself frustrated tasting through hundreds of wines a week. Too boring, to ripe, to technical, just no fun. Speeding through a trade tasting of wines from around the world, I was about ready to walk out when I spied a few wines that made me pause. Paolo Scarvino’s Baroli. The afternoon turned into an epic success. In front of me lay a cluster of real wines. Cru, single vineyard, Barolos this beautiful are less common than you think! These were wines that inspired, poured by Riccardo who clearly knew what he was talking about, lived it, breathed it. It seems passion runs through the veins of the entire business!

The 2018 vintage confirmed my thinking. Why 2018 not 2016 or 2015. 2018 was a year that saw significant variability amongst the makers across all the communes in Barolo. Tasting almost ninety 2018 Barolos in a session there were few standouts. One was Paolo Scavino. Amongst a roller coaster of thin and often texturally lacking Nebbiolos, Scavino, sat amongst the best showing a clear understanding of vineyard management and a considered approach in the winery. The wines were energetic and loaded with personality.

It’s the hard vintage when you often discover the skill and wisdom of a vigneron!

Looking at Scavino’s website I found these words which sum up the Paolo Scavino wines:

“Through over 60 years of experience his focus has been to invest on important cru of Nebbiolo to show the uniqueness of each terroir.

Their work is inspired by the love and respect they have for their territory and they pursue purity of expression, complexity and elegance for their wines from the three local grapes Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo.”

The most important words: respect, purity of expression, complexity, and elegance.

Combine these with a winemaking approach that clearly demonstrates the wisdom that only time and experience can afford a winemaker, and, the results are individual wines of great personality and intrigue. These are the kind of wines that shift you from very good to great.

“He has an open, sunny face and looks at you with confidence because he knows he will never find the words to defend his world but that his wines can defend themselves… He seems an old-fashioned man but he chose to be a winegrower and knows how to observe progress without any conservative reactionary. For each wine produced, depending on the vintage, the right path is chosen without blindly following tradition and without passively following every innovation. He does not love excess” – Luigi Veronelli, I vignaioli storici, volume n.3, testi di Nichi Stefi, Mediolanum Editori Associati, 1988

With a clear transition underway to his daughters Enrica and Elisa it looks like Paolo Scavino will be in good hands for decades to come.

The 2021 Vintage at Paolo Scavino

Scavino fans will find a lot to get excited about in these new releases. The entry-level bottlings offer tons of immediacy, while the Barolos are among the finest in Piedmont. Perhaps just as importantly, even after all these years, Scavino remains a very relevant winery in Piedmont.

Antonio Galloni ,Vinous

I experienced some difficulty tasting samples from Paolo Scavino last year and the year before because the wines were quite closed. For that reason, these two wines—2021 Barolo Bric dël Fiasc and the 2021 Barolo Monvigliero—were not included in my last report. I waited to give them more time in bottle, and this helped immeasurably. I mistakenly suspected a hint of Brettanomyces but was proven wrong after I sent samples to a laboratory. So, what I thought was Brett was probably reduction. I also went back to the winery to retaste the wines in person. It is important that you give new releases from Paolo Scavino ample time in bottle to emerge from their awkward phase.

In other news, Elisa and Enrica Scavino will soon release a 2021 Barolo Bussia Vigna Fantini made from a site acquired in 2018.

Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate

Where in the World is Paolo Scavino?

Founded in 1921 in Castiglione Falletto, Paolo Scavino under the guidance of Enrico, and, now his daughters, Enrica and Elisa have amassed a superb collection of Cru vineyards in Barolo, representing 20 of 29 hectares with parcels across each of the communes.

These are some of the best sites across Barolo. Click the map to link to an interactive page on Scavino’s website.

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95 Points

The 2021 Barolo Bricco Ambrogio is classy and polished to the core. This wine has come such a long way since its debut. Enrico Scavino really believed in this site when he purchased it a little more than 20 years ago. The 2021 is a fine testament to his vision. Lavender, sage, menthol and licorice lead into a core of dark-toned fruit in a Barolo that is deep yet also light on its feet. This is impeccably done, not to mention very tasty. Drink 2028-2041

Antonio Gallioni, Vinous

94 Points

The Paolo Scavino 2021 Barolo Bricco Ambrogio is usually the lightest wine in the family's collection of single-vineyard wines. From the village of Roddi in the northernmost point of the appellation, this area has wide vineyard valleys and cool southeast exposures. The heat of the day falls away quickly thanks to steep diurnal shifts. The soils are composed of blue marl and sand, and the family farms seven hectares here, of which five hectares are Nebbiolo (the rest is Dolcetto and old-vine Barbera). A selection of the best fruit is made from old vines and put into this bottle. The wine is soft and silky with red and blue fruits and floral aromas to close. Drink 2026-2040

Where in the world does the magic happen?

Paolo Scavino

La Morra
Piedmont
Italy

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