This single-vineyard offering, made from 100% Chardonnay, is barrel-fermented and left on its lees for 8 months. Most examples have tended to be overly-oaked, but the 1993 Sella de Boscone (one-third new oak was utilized) exhibits good ripeness, an attractive vanillin, pear, apple, and pineapple-scented nose, some spice, ripe fruit, medium body, and a subtle, but appealing character. It needs to be drunk before the end of 1996. A Leonardo LoCasio Selection, imported by Winebow Imports, Hohokus, NJ; (800) 445-0620. (See my profile of Leonardo LoCasio's Italian wine portfolio in issue #97)

This single-vineyard offering, made from 100% Chardonnay, is barrel-fermented and left on its lees for 8 months. The fading 1992 Sella de Boscone reveals more oak than fruit, and it is losing the flesh and freshness it once possessed.A Leonardo LoCasio Selection, imported by Winebow Imports, Hohokus, NJ; (800) 445-0620. (See my profile of Leonardo LoCasio's Italian wine portfolio in issue #97)