Full-throttle style of Barolo with prune leather grilled meat and spices on the nose. Full-bodied chewy and ultraripe with wild vanilla and intense fruit on the palate. Voluptuous and showy. Best after 2007. 950 cases made. –JS

The 2000 Barolo San Rocco from an historic vineyard in Serralunga d'Alba possesses a powerful and alcoholic nose of herbs and tobacco tar and licorice and its long and concentrated palate. It will last another dozen years.A Marc de Grazia Selection various American importers including Michael Skurnik Syosset NY; tel. (516) 677-9300 Vin Divino Chicago IL; tel. (773) 334-6700 and Estate Wines Ltd. San Rafael CA; tel. (415) 492-9411