Boasting a potent nose of spices, new oak, sweet fruit and chocolate, the 2000 Barolo Runcot is intense on the palate, with plenty of very ripe dark fruit and toasted oak flavors. Soft and supple, this accessible Barolo is drinking very well today, although the too-sweet fruit and excessive use of new oak threaten to throw it off balance. 2006-2015. Various American Importers including Martin Scott Wines, Little Neck, NY; tel. (516) 327-0808; Langdon Shiverick, Cleveland, OH; and Classic Wine Imports, Norwood, MA; Admiralty Beverage, Portland, OR; tel. (503) 289-9600

Dark red garnet in color, with intense aromas of plum, raw meat, milk chocolate and berries. Full-bodied, with masses of ripe fruit, from raisin to dried orange peel to plum and porcini. Mouthpuckering and powerful. So young. What a finish. Best after 2012. 500 cases made, 100 cases imported.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barolo Select to Add