Nomen omen. The intense and yet delicate purple colour of the still very young wine doesn’t allow for any of the softer tones, hinting at time that has yet to go by.
Grape Varietal:
100% Nebbiolo
On the palate, the wine is as warm as a woman who’s just made love: opulent and sensual. Morello cherries reveal them- selves in the long and bewitching finish, and the choice of the name – suggested hi- therto by a thousand hints – becomes evident. Marasco confirms – no matter what the institutional context might be – that Barolo is the wine of Kings and the King of wines.
Food Pairing:
Alongside its traditional pairings, Marasco is exalted by the company of ripe cheeses – whether of sheep’s milk or of mixed sheep and goat’s milk – the kind of “toma” that you would almost deliberately forget in your cellar until time has taken its course.
92 Points - Wine Spectator, July 2004.
