Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto Vintage:1997 bringing a highly minerally and

bringing a highly minerally and savory character

pliant and expressive

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

From 50+ year old Chardonnay vines in the best part of the coteaux d'Avize

but with decanting

Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto Vintage:1997 bringing a highly minerally andThis 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