1999 Vietti Barolo Brunate
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Dark ruby. With the Brunate we move into the house's more modern-styled wines. It shows the balsamic nose typical of this great vineyard, along with toasted oak, smoke, mineral and tar aromas with excellent concentration in its sweet dark fruit, as well as notable expansiveness and depth of expression. This bottling often appears out of balance when young as the new oak requires a few years to integrate fully into the wine, but patience will be amply rewarded. It should drink well to age 20.
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Importer: Remy Amerique, New York, NY; tel. (800) 358-6002
Saturated ruby-tinged red color. Knockout Barolo aromas of black fruits, tar, minerals, marzipan and camphor, along with suggestions of surmaturite Sappy, powerful and large-scaled, but currently rather closed in on itself. A real essence of cherry and minerals. An extremely young Barolo whose superb acidity and firm, building tannins give it powerful backbone and grip.