Subtle and perfumed, with rose, raspberry and strawberry. Full-bodied, with very silky tannins and a long finish. Seamless and textured. Pretty now, but give it a few more years.--1998 Piedmont blind retrospective (2008). Best from 2011 through 2019. – JS

The 1998 Barbaresco is a beautiful effort displaying fleshy oaky deep black cherry raspberry tar and truffle scents with subtle new oak in the background. Dense voluptuously-textured and full-bodied with gorgeous overall symmetry and beautifully integrated tannin acidity alcohol and wood it will drink well for 15 or more years.Importer: Paterno Imports Lake Bluff IL; tel. (847) 604-89000