it will be at its apogee between now and 2015

ripe tannin and terrific length

(from a small parcel measuring

mineral reduction and oyster shell scents

and some obvious mineral-like nuances

Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto Vintage:1997 it will be at itsThis is a spectacular Barbaresco. It is awesomely thick, rich, and textured, with unreal opulence as well as glycerin levels that define the finest offerings from the 1997 vintage. Albino Rocca hit the bull's eye in 1997. The 1997 Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto is a luxuriously fruited, nearly over the top effort. Extremely full bodied, and loaded with exotic, overripe, glycerin, smoke, cedar, and cherry flavors, it is a thick, unctuously textured, slut of