spice and citrus wisps

menthol and liqueur-like black cherry aromas

backed by saturated dark berry fruit

(from a small parcel measuring

mineral reduction and oyster shell scents

Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto Vintage:1997 spice and citrus wispsThis 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