The super-intense, powerful, weighty, multidimensional, full-bodied, sweet, sexy 1997 Barolo Bricco Luciani exhibits a more forward character than it did prior to bottling. There are layers of fruit, glycerin, and extract, and the wine reveals abundant quantities of black cherry and berry fruit intermixed with spice box, leather, licorice, and Chinese black tea notes. As it sits in the glass, scents of melted asphalt, rose petals, and tobacco emerge. This is a superb, hedonistic yet powerful, concentrated Barolo to drink between 2003-2020. A Marc de Grazia Selection, various American importers, including Michael Skurnik, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300, Vin Divino, Chicago, IL; tel. (773) 334-6700, and Estate Wines, Ltd., San Rafael, CA; tel. (415) 492-9411

Tasted from magnum. Dark ruby red color. Fabulous aromas of ripe red fruit and cloves and all sorts of Indian spices. Full-bodied, with gorgeous fruit and wonderfully silky tannins. Complex and flavorful on the finish. It delivers a full palette of character. Even better than I remember.--1997 Italian blind retrospective. Drink now. 450 cases made.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barolo Select to Add