The medium dark ruby-colored 1996 Barolo Monvigliero exhibits a spicy, tobacco, strawberry, and kirsch-liqueur-scented nose with dried herbs in the background. Dense, rich, and medium to full-bodied, with high tannin, this wine is still an infant. Give it 4-5 years of cellaring and drink it through 2015.
Importer: Steven Berardi Selections, Elizabeth Imports, Denver, CO; tel. (303) 394-0691