Giuseppe Mascarello, Barolo Monprivato, 2007 Cyber Auto Hidden edged by tobacco leaf and

edged by tobacco leaf and a hint of graphite

Perhaps the most elegant Greco di Tufo made in Italy

A Chardonnay-based white from Henri Prudhon's small domaine

and the firm-but-refined tannins that mark serious Sangiovese

Giuseppe Mascarello, Barolo Monprivato, 2007 Cyber Auto Hidden edged by tobacco leaf andBarolo's aristocratic grand cru in a riper, generous vintage. Giuseppe Mascarello, run by Mauro Mascarello, is one of Piedmont's great traditionalists, ageing in Slavonian casks now around 70 years old. Monprivato, their famed largely family controlled cru in Castiglione Falletto, sits on calcareous marl soils that give some of Barolo's most perfumed and refined Nebbiolo. The 2007 was a warm, riper year that produced more openly charming, approachable