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“Very compact both on the nose and palate, offering dried red berries and notes of truffle-tinged sous-bois and dried flowers. Full-bodied with a fine-tannin framework and a very long finish. Compact and solid. This needs plenty of time to open, but is showing real class. Try from 2025.”
James Suckling 95/100 (Vintage 2018)
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Pio Cesare Mosconi Barolo DOCG
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Vineyards: From a small selection of the oldest Nebbiolo vines of our Family-owned vineyards at the Mosconi, in Monforte d’Alba, one of the most prestigious areas of the entire Barolo region, very well known for great complexity, elegance and longevity.
Vinification: In stainless steel tanks at high temperatures. Maceration for 30 days.
Ageing: In oak “botte” for about 30 months; a small amount in French oak barrels for the first 12 months.
Notes: Produced in very small quantities since the 2015 vintage. Sourced from the last acquisition of 10 hectares at the Mosconi appellation in Monforte d’Alba, made by the 4 th generation of our Family, Pio Boffa, for his 60th birthday. Supple, ripe fruit, complexity, soft tannins. May be appreciated immediately, but with a very long life. Alc. 14%
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VINTAGE 2020
VINTAGE 2018
96 points – Gardininotes, Luca Gardini
95 points – Wine Advocate, Monica Larner
Compared to the Ornato, the 2018 Barolo Mosconi (with fruit from Monforte d’Alba) shows a tighter and more compact quality with a direct, linear and powerful approach. The bouquet builds in vertical intensity, starting with tart fruit aromas and culminating with tar, rusted nail and camphor ash. That aromatic ascent comes at you quickly, and the wine ultimately settles on a very wide, all-encompassing performance.
95 points – Vinous, Antonio Galloni
The 2018 Barolo Mosconi is superb. It offers up a complex mélange of rose petal, dried herbs, iron, graphite, smoke, incense, scorched earth and blood orange, capturing all the complexity that makes the best Barolos from this site so compelling. Powerful and deep, yet also quite elegant, the 2018 is another fine Barolo from an estate that has undergone a pretty significant stylistic shift over the last handful of years.
95 points – James Suckling
Very compact both on the nose and palate, offering dried red berries and notes of truffle-tinged sous-bois and dried flowers. Full-bodied with a fine-tannin framework and a very long finish. Compact and solid. This needs plenty of time to open, but is showing real class. Try from 2025.
95 points – Falstaff
94 points – Wine Spectator, Bruce Sanderson
5 Grappoli – Bibenda
18.5/20 points – Weinwisser, Giuseppe Lauria
VINTAGE 2016
97 points – James Suckling
Really attractive blue fruit and flowers with hints of minerals. Full- bodied, very tight and sexy with super fine tannins, at the same time. A structured and racy young wine. Better after 2021.
96+ points – Wine Advocate, Monica Larner
This is the second vintage released of this new wine from Pio Cesare, and what an elegant treat it is. The 2016 Barolo Mosconi, with fruit from Monforte d’Alba, is a toned and slender wine that shows the inner power and muscle of this corner of the appellation. The bouquet is defined by a pretty mineral note that is backed by wild berry fruit, rose petal and a dusting of crushed stone or tilled earth. I feel the tight tannins of this wine, but I also taste the elegance of the fruit that surrounds them. Only 5,000 bottles were produced. Mosconi is the second single-vineyard Barolo made by this estate after the Ornato was introduced 30 years ago.
95 points, Cellar Selection – Wine Enthusiast, Kerin O’Keefe
Woodland-berry, pine-forest and rose aromas mingle with whiffs of dark spice and menthol. On the full-bodied palate, firm fine-grained tannins accompany juicy Marasca cherry, cranberry and licorice while fresh acidity keeps well balanced. Drink 2024–2036.
95 points – Wine Spectator, Bruce Sanderson
This is round, polished and powerful, its black cherry, blackberry and plum fruit shaded by mineral, eucalyptus and tobacco accents. All the components are in the right proportions and there is energy on the long finish. Best from 2023 through 2045.
95 points – Vinous, Antonio Galloni
The 2016 Barolo Mosconi shows all of the breadth and amplitude that is typical of wines from this Monforte site. Tar, licorice, rose petal, mint, incense and dried herbs all develop with time in the glass. The 2016 is a powerhouse. I would give it at least a few years in bottle.
95 punti – Falstaff
94 points – Decanter, Stephen BrooksPio Cesare acquired an extensive parcel within Mosconi in 2014, but only the oldest vines are used for the cru wine. The nose is packed with fruit, powerful and intense, with explosive cherry and strawberry aromas, and a light savory tone. Rich and broad, this is a wine with swagger and spice, and despite its heft it’s finely tuned and polished. Elegant and persistent, it shows integrated tannins and a savory tone. Very long.
94 points – Wine & Spirits
This is the second vin¬tage of this wine for Pio Cesare, the fruit com¬ing from the oldest vines (planted in 1947) in a 25-acre plot the family bought in 2014. Initially austere, the wine fleshes out with air to reveal scents of lavender and thyme, along with rich fruit flavors of plum and black cherry edged in notes of tobacco and spice. Its densely packed tannins are slow to unfurl and will benefit from cellar time.
5 grappoli – Bibenda, i migliori vini d’Italia
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