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Bartolo Mascarello is a traditional, family-owned winery in Barolo, Piedmont, Italy. Founded in the early 20th century, it is celebrated for its classic, unfiltered Nebbiolo wines made using ancestral methods. The estate remains committed to minimal intervention and terroir expression.
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History
Bartolo Mascarello’s Cantina was founded in 1918–20 by Giulio Mascarello in Barolo, following his experience at the local co‑operative. Giulio acquired small, high-quality vineyard parcels in Cannubi, San Lorenzo, and Rué. Bartolo joined the enterprise after the second world war and continued the tradition of estate‑grown, blended Barolo from these prime Crus.
Throughout his career, Bartolo was known as “the last of the Mohicans” of traditional Barolo, resisting modern methods such as barriques and single‑vineyard bottlings. His wines were fermented in large Slavonian botti, using long macerations of 30–50 days, and marketed with bold labels—most famously “No Barrique, No Berlusconi.”
Since Bartolo’s death in 2005, his daughter Maria Teresa has led the domaine, preserving his methods and modest production scale (around 5 ha of vines, ~18 000 bottles of Barolo annually). Today, Cantina Bartolo Mascarello remains a benchmark of traditional Barolo, respected for its steadfast commitment to terroir and heritage.