The 2000 Barolo Garblet Sue’ is a big, powerful wine. It shows tons of intensity in its fruit buffered by plenty of tannic clout. The wine turns a touch more delicate on the mid-palate, revealing wonderful nuance and seductiveness before the more intense elements take over on the explosive finish. Sweet balsamic notes linger on the close. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2018. Brovia’s 2000s are pretty much in line with what I tasted at most properties. Aromatically the wines are fairly far along in their maturation although there is enough density of fruit and tannic structure to make me think the wines may remain at this stage for some time. The Brovias think the 2000s will remain at their current plateau for a number of years. They may ultimately be right, but it’s not a bet I would be willing to take, as the risks are decidedly skewed towards the downside. I don’t see much upside potential in the 2000s, nor any compelling reason to hang on to the bottles for too much longer.