powerful and beautifully persistent finish
cassis and Vosne-style spice is couched in mild oak influence that can also be found on the very rich
bringing a highly minerally and savory character
5% cabernet sauvignon and 5% graciano)
Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto Vintage:1997 powerful and beautifully persistent finishThis 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