2000 Wine from Italy

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: The explosive 2000 Barbaresco Vanotu moves things to another level. A blackish garnet with potent aromas of asphalt, caramel, roses, and warming alcohol, solid and muscular in flavor, packed and chewy, its dense texture...

Vinous, 92 points: The 2000 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a delicate, aromatically nuanced wine. Sweet floral notes, dried cherry and tobacco all lift from the glass. Today, the 2000 does not appear to have the structure of the very...