The 1997 Barolo La Serra is a sexy, dense ruby/purple-colored effort offering notes of currants, black cherries, and licorice, a huge, chewy texture, plenty of glycerin, and a creamy, supple, velvety finish. Although impossible to resist, it will develop even more nuances over the next 4-5 years, and should last for two decades. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2023. A Leonardo Locascio Selection, Winebow, Hohokus, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620.

The 1997 Barolo La Serra is a sexy, dense ruby/purple-colored effort offering notes of currants, black cherries, and licorice, a huge, chewy texture, plenty of glycerin, and a creamy, supple, velvety finish. Although impossible to resist, it will develop even more nuances over the next 4-5 years, and should last for two decades. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2023. A Leonardo Locascio Selection, Winebow, Hohokus, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620.

Dark ruby red. Subtle aromas of blackberry, milk chocolate and vanilla, with cloves and cedar. Full-bodied, with ultrapolished tannins and a long, long aftertaste of cedar, berry and flowers. Continuously changes in the glass. It's very complex.--1997 Italian blind retrospective. Best from 2009 through 2018. 385 cases made.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barolo Select to Add