2000 Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio, Barolo, Monprivato

Mauro Mascarello's 2000 Barolo Monprivato is a pretty wine laced with red berries, rose petals and licorice. Sweet spice notes appear as the wine shows off its gorgeous inner perfume. The 2000 is a beautifully open, expressive Barolo yet it appars to have enough density to age well for another decade-plus. The wine is delicious in bottle, but it is even better in magnum.

2000 Barolo Monprivato—Medium ruby with some bricking. A superb, noble nose of sweet fruit, minerals, and menthol is followed by a plenty of super-ripe flavors, with excellent richness and density on the palate while maintaining a sense of delicateness. Very pretty and seductive. 93 points/drink after 2010, tasted 05/05 (Antonio Galloni)

Medium red. Captivating aromas of red cherry, redcurrant, dried rose and flint. Juicy, tight and penetrating, with strong acids giving the flavors superb definition. Not particularly fleshy now but wonderfully aromatic and complex-and easy to taste today. This has a wider range of aromas and flavors than Mascarello's other 2000s.