Quite a lead in...huh?

I stand behind that statement 110%. The first two months of this year have been terribly busy for us getting prepared for the 2004 Barolos. We knew when we tasted barrel samples in the Spring of ‘07, that we would be in store for something VERY SPECIAL in the Spring of ‘08. To prepare for this, I sent not one, but TWO, different tasting teams to Piedmont in late January to get final assessments of these wines before they went into bottle.

Final assessment of the vintage in one word....WOW!!!!!

- Andrew

“Quite frankly, I have never tasted young Barolos with this level of sweet, perfumed fruit and silky, ripe tannins. These are wines of extraordinary elegance, balance and finesse that may come as a pleasant surprise to readers used to the tannic behemoths of the past. Quality is outstanding from top to bottom…A number of producers have their finest wines yet..It is a vintage in which specific vineyard characteristics are accentuarted to the fullest…The near perfect weather also caused the plants to unleash the energy they held in store..” WA 02/08 Antonio Galloni