- An Absolute New Superstar
- Remarkably Precise Style
- I Am VERY Early - These Are Incredibly Fairly Priced
- You Will Want to Do Verticals of These Some Day
2017 Cascina Sót Barolo
- $39.99 4-Packs
- Qualitatively Equal to $60-$75 Baroli
- Precise and Electric, Engaging Style
- Gorgeous Nose
- Massive Spice, Orange Rind, Effusive Roses
- Cherry Flower, Licorice
- So Precise and Linear
- Palate: So Fresh and Incredibly Energetic
- Big Mid Season Cherry Fruit
- Lovely Tiny Bit of Opulence
- Germanic in its Precision
- Terrific Inner Mouth Aromas.
- Really Elegant
- Complex, Deep and So Concentrated
2020 Cascina Sót Nascetta
- Perhaps My Favorite Italian White Grape
- More Chablis than Italian in Style
- Nose: Very Floral
- Loads of Lavender
- Apple, Pear and Just Fantastic Spice
- Sweet Meyer Lemon and Sweet Citrus
- Terrific Fruit
- Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit
- Intense Rocky Minerality
- Great Structure
- Very Dry and "Serious"
- Really, Really Mineral
- Super Juicy and Racy
- So Much Energy, Depth and Chewy Concentration
- Needs Long Decant
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think the new additions to the lineup (Saffirio/Vezza, Bussolo and Cascina Sót/Olivero Mario)can go toe to toe with elite Barolo that sells for mega bucks. I am super proud of this fearsome foursome as well as they are so different.
- Vezza/Saffirio makes elite, aromatic Chambolle-like Barolos.
- Cesare Bussolo is so expertly made, deep like an ocean and has terrific finesse and elegance while being structured and long lived.
- Sót is totally different. These are the most precise and beautifully angular Baroli in the book.
The Sót Style
The best way to describe the Sót wines really makes sense in my head but now I will try and put it to paper. These are the most Germanic Barolos I've ever tasted. BUT not German red wines. This is like Barolo with German dry Riesling DNA. There is an electricity, precision and energy to these wines that is incomparable. Like these wines have angles. Angles for days. But they are unabashedly Nebbiolo. I love them. So much. This was going to be our red wine of the year because it's a new winemaker, and it's a high end classic appellation. Plus it is $39.99 on a case. $40 Barolo in the 3-tier system is mostly blah. There is a Varja 2017 out there that I've seen for around $40 that is pretty good but usually for $40 buying Barolo through the 3 tier system is a mess. You got to start at $50 but once you hit $60 the options increase. This wine I can see being sold for $60-$75 easy. Today it's $40 on a case and to get future star Maurizio Sót's wine for $40 from an very good vintage such as 2017, you will get in on the ground floor. I am convinced the prices for these wines will go up. A lot. The reason it's not the red wine of the year is because I also want to sell the brilliant Nascetta and we like doing two wines in an e-mail and we can't do one offer of just an Italian white. So it's really the red wine of the year but it isn't.
The Wines
Today I am excited to offer the 2017 Cascina Sót Barolo for $39.99 on a 4-pack. This is a steal. I love the wine but it's in the Sót style which makes obsess about it. That precise and electric, engaging style.
Killer nose and killer color. It's like a limpid light ruby. Looks like light red Burgundy. Gorgeous nose with massive spice, orange rind and effusive roses. Even the nose is so precise and linear. It's layered and hierarchical. Super forward and aromatic. Wow. Gorgeously ripe mid to late season cherries, florals and almost a hint of compote. Under all that is spice, tar and superb minerality. Really wide and complex nose. Expansive and inviting. Just so pretty. Sot really knows what’s up. Cherry flower, licorice burst onto the scene. Like a Seurat painting each detail formed to make the whole aromatic impact that much more. But each aroma can also be singled out and is as glorious as the whole. So detailed and complex. Precise and perfumed. This did not let up and only improved on day 2. What a nose. Superb demonstrative aromas of spice and super precise cherry with gorgeous purity and detail. Wow. Truly wow.
Palate is so fresh and incredibly energetic. Awesome palate. Shows all the glory of what a successful 17 is. Great sweet fruit. Strawberry and mid season cherry. Awesome freshness from acidity and minerality. Toothsome and ripe tannins. Amazing levels of fruit and really profound freshness. Gorgeous. Wow. What freshness and energy. It stops you. You can't believe a red wine can be like this. So clean. Big mid season cherry fruit and just unreal precision. Really well made. This guy is a genius. Palate has a lovely tiny bit of opulence which is a trademark of the best 17’s I've tasted. Awesome silky and refined tannins and so long. This is such high level winemaking. This opens rapidly in the glass and develops just mesmerizing aromas. Hints of ripe citrus rind and exotic spices. Really round and well balanced. Shows what a great winemaker Maurizio Sot is. Long, persistent finish. I’d wait 3-4 years for the tannins to come into balance but a very very fine 17.
This is Germanic in its precision. Barolo Spatlese Trocken. Terrific inner mouth aromas. Really elegant. This is great. Palate is complex, deep and so concentrated with such juiciness and next level precision. Genius wine. Buy cases.
The second wine is one of the few Italian whites I've found with the balance, minerality and ageworthiness that I think makes it worthy to sell. If you want a light, fruity, inoffensive picnic wine, this is not it. It can stand toe to toe with the French and German whites at this price point. This is like Italy meets Ziereisen. This wine is the best Nascetta I've ever had.
The Grape
The Nascetta grape is a fairly esoteric varietal that is an indigenous grape from Novello. It is related to Nebbiolo and while the wine is white, it really has the profile of a red wine in terms of its complexity. These grapes are grown on limestone - classic Barolo land - and you can tell. Plus it has that Sót energy and precision. This is another genius wine from Maurizio. This is as good as the Barolo, but completely different but just as worthy.
The 2020 Cascina Sót Nascetta for $27.99 a 4 pack is genius stuff. Nose is loads of lavender and very floral like a Crabtree and Evelyn store. Citrus, cream, lime, so so aromatic. Grapefruit. Pink grapefruit. Lanolin. Smells like a bath and body store. Orange zest, white pepper and herbal! Some apple, pear and just fantastic spice. Super aromatic. Sweet Meyer lemon and sweet citrus as well. Day 2 it got better. Sick florals. Lavender. So so aromatic. Peach skin. Just sick florals. Almost like Viognier (elite Condrieu) but not vulgar at all. Some apricot as well today.
Palate has terrific fruit with lemon, lime, grapefruit and an intense rocky minerality that reminds me of Germany and just terrific depth. Great structure and very dry wine overall. Great mouthfeel and superbly, commandingly mineral. Like really, really mineral. Some citrus pith. Palate is bone dry and structured with insane purity. Long finish that is grippy, herbal and elegant. Just a stunning wine. This is even better than the 19. Just so complex and has red wine character even though it’s a white wine. Super juicy and concentrated. This is magnificent! But while being mineral it also has a great mouthfeel. Super juicy and racy. Love this. Palate has so much energy, depth and chewy concentration. This needs a 2 hour decant to come together.
2017 Cascina Sot Barolo - $41.99 ($159.96 4-Pack)
2020 Cascina Sot Langhe Nascetta - $29.99 ($111.96 4-Pack)
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