Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio Toetto Freisa Langhe, Piedmont, Italy 2022

Since time immemorial Nebbiolo has been the most highly-prized vine and the wine-growing emblem of Alba and the Langa, and when it is matched with a great wine-making terroir it is capable of expressing itself at sublime levels in wines of remarkable personality, intense bouquet, great smooth tannins, and outstanding possibilities of evolution and resistance over time.

The members of the Giuseppe Mascarello family have been growing wines for more than a century and a half, first as farmers running the Manescotto estate in the village of La Morra for the marchesa Giulia Colbert Faletti di Barolo, and then on their own property since the late 1800s.

Giuseppe Mascarello’s Freisa is full and rustic in style, boasting notes of red currants, violets, thyme, and a hint of spice. Freisa is closely related to Nebbiolo and shows the connection but with a spicy edge that beautifully showcases the Toetto vineyard from the village of Castiglione Falletto. From vines planted in 1989.

Cold cuts, hors-d’oeuvres in general, pasta dishes, cheese; recommended with spicy food and ethnic cuisine.