Tuesday night pasta people—this one’s for you
and quince with electric acidity that keeps it dancing
enhances the wine’s natural acidity and structure
and dark fruit on a powerful
delivering concentration and complexity that justify serious cellaring
Bartolo Mascarello, Freisa, 2011 so061624 camino del albarino offer Tuesday night pasta people—this one’sFreisa is one of Piedmont's great oddball grapesa relative of Nebbiolo that's wild, a little rustic, sometimes faintly fizzy or off dry, and adored by insiders. In Bartolo Mascarello's hands it's dry, structured, and serious, made exactly like their Barolo: organic farming, native yeasts, big old casks. The 2011 has had over a decade in bottle, which is exactly what tames Freisa's youthful edge into something more harmonious and savory. A rare, back