The beautiful old-vine Barbaresco 2001 Vecchie Vigne displays an elegant nose of spices and toasted oak along with plenty of ripe red fruit followed by notes of tar and licorice that develop in the glass. It is a richly endowed, structured wine with excellent length that will require a few years in the bottle before offering its best drinking. Aged in a combination of medium-size casks and barriques. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2016.
Various American importers, including Petit Pois, Moorestown, NJ; tel. (856) 608-9644