1999 Barolo
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The 1999 Barolo shows the quality of the vintage – this is very good juice indeed for purchased grapes. A solid, vibrant garnet with a powerful tarry, wild cherry, and rose petal nose, it is forceful and ripe in flavor, ample and deep with significant length and textural density and can be drunk from 2005 to 2018. Importer: Paterno Imports, Lake Bluff, IL; tel. (847) 604-8900
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Daniel Thomases, Wine Advocate
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Saturated medium ruby. Deeply spicy, roasted aromas of redcurrant, tar, camphor and mint. Sweet, dense and powerful; this is packed with material. The wine's serious acid/tannin combination gives it outstanding vigor. A Barolo with terrific lively sweetness; really expands in the mouth. Finishes juicy and long, with chewy, ripe tannins. Likely to be the best Barolo normale of the recent string of excellent years.