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Barolo Le Cinque Vigne DOCG

Barolo Le Cinque Vigne DOCG

Description: Dry Red

Vintages Available: 2003

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Producer: Damilano

100% Nebbiolo

Garnet red with hints of orange. Nose is ethereal, with suggestions of liquorice and cocoa. Dry, full, very well structured and persistent, velvety and harmonious.

Wine Spectator, June 15, 2008:

Barolo Lecinquevigne 2004

[ Score: 88/100  |  Price: ~$45 ]

Exhibits beautiful ripe berry and hints of meat and mushroom. Full-bodied, with round, chewy tannins, but turns slightly hollow on the finish. Best after 2011. -JS

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Wine Spectator, October 15, 2007:

Barolo Lecinquevigne 2003

[ Score: 87/100  |  Price: $45 ]

There's plenty of crushed blackberry and flowers on the nose. Full-bodied, showing lots of bright fruit and clean acidity, with a medium finish. Best after 2009. 7,500 cases made. -JS

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Barolo Liste DOCG

Barolo Liste DOCG

Description: Dry Red

Vintages Available: 2003

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Producer: Damilano

100% Nebbiolo

Colour is garnet red with orangey reflections. Aroma is ethereal, intense with hints of ripe fruits such as wildberries and also of liquorice and cocoa. Dry, full, robust and austere, but velvety and harmonious on the palate.

Wine Spectator, June 15, 2008:

Barolo Liste DOCG 2004

[ Score: 91/100  |  Price: ~$75 ]

Attractive strawberry and floral aromas follow through to a full body, with firm, silky tannins. Long and solid. This is holding back a lot. Polished and well done. Best after 2010. -JS

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Wine Spectator, October 15, 2007:

Barolo Liste DOCG 2003

[ Score: 90/100  |  Price: $75 ]

Has wonderful aromas of plum, strawberry and dried porcini. Medium- to full-bodied, with fine tannins and a subtle, fruity finish. Best after 2010. 580 cases made. -JS

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Sfursat DOCG

Sfursat DOCG

Description: Dry Red

Vintages Available: 2002

Country: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Producer: Nino Negri

100% Chiavennasca (the local name for Nebbiolo)

Dark garnet red colour, with orange tints; strong, complex bouquet with an elegant spiciness (cloves, cinnamon, pepper) backed by suggestions of fruit (plum) and dried flowers (violets, wild roses) and hints of toasted hazelnuts and raisins; warm, powerful, savoury flavour, firm but velvety, with a fine, lingering aftertaste of liquorice and fruit preserves.

Nino Negri (www.ninonegri.it)

Sfursat DOCG | 2006 Gambero Rosso

[ Score: 3/3 (Tre Bicchieri) ]

Three Glasses went to the standard-label Sforzato for its essential elegance, incredible nose-palate symmetry, fragrance and intensity.

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Barolo DOCG

Barolo DOCG

Description: Dry Red

Vintages Available: 2003

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Producer:  Ca'Bianca

100% Nebbiolo of the Lampia and Michet varieties.

Very bright garnet colour; elegant and ethereal bouquet of vanilla, cloves, dried wild rose petals and clean woodland undergrowth; dry, full, firm but velvety flavour with a fine, very lingering aftertaste of liquorice and oak.

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