The 1995 Barolo Prapo offers a dried herb, cedar, tomato, and red currant-scented nose. Cherries as well as plums make an appearance along with smoked herb and toasty oak. Medium-bodied, graceful, and layered, it can be drunk over the next 8-10 years. Importer: Veuve Clicquot, New York, NY; tel. (212) 888-7575

Like a long-simmering fuse, this full-bodied, heavily oaked Nebbiolo builds up to an explosive finish. Concentrated and supple, it burns with intensity from all that high-grade, toasted oak, spicy mocha, rich blackberry, tar and smoke. Drink now through 2010. 1,750 cases made.??–PM??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barolo Select to Add

A wonderful ready-to-drink Barolo with an amiable personality. Dark-cherry fruit is accented by a touch of orangey dryness; the body is amply weighty but not heavy. There’s nothing here not to like, and once again, it’s drinkable now. Belying the quality, this is a secondary wine from the sensational Bricco Roche vineyard.——M.S.(7/1/2000)—— 92