Barolo of the vintage. Beautifully balanced, from one of the region's finest vineyards, it sings with the purity of the Piedmont soil. Full-bodied but also elegant, with lots of ripe, sweet plum, jamlike currant and licorice flavors, and a superb minerally lead-pencil thread that gives extra dimension. As subtle as a top grand cru Burgundy, like Richebourg or perhaps Romanee St.-Vivant. Drink now through 2005. 567 cases made. -PM