Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto Vintage:1997 5% cabernet sauvignon and 5%

5% cabernet sauvignon and 5% graciano)

bringing a highly minerally and savory character

but with decanting

A very Meursault nose consists of bright and fresh aromas of acacia

pliant and expressive

Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto Vintage:1997 5% cabernet sauvignon and 5%This 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