1999 Barolo Vecchie Vite dei Capalot e Brunate Riserva
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Another stunning wine, the 1999 Barolo Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate bursts from the glass with superb depth and pure power. Black fruit, smoke, tar, licorice and menthol are some of the many notes that take shape in the glass. The Capalot is bottled only in magnum, and in this vintage, the big bottle keeps the wine incredibly fresh and structured. This huge, dramatic wine finds a measure of finesse in the glass, but it is best left alone for at least a few years. The dark, brooding personality of the year comes through in spades.
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The 1999 Barolo Capalot-Brunate is a blend from two different vineyards with a fresh and fragrant nose of roses and black cherries, light-grained favors of plums, chocolate, and smoke, and an attractive vigor and vitality. Drink: 2005-2015. Importer: Winebow, Hohokus, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620
(bottled only in magnums) Full, deep ruby-red. Restrained but highly complex nose melds strawberry, raspberry, currant, mocha and dried flowers; less exuberant today than the Sarmassa. But the sweetest and lushest in the mouth of these '99s: hugely rich, creamy and seamless but with terrific supporting vinosity giving it a lightness of touch. Ultimately less open than the Sarmassa, even a bit tight today, but perhaps even younger and longer.