Dark red colour with brick rim. Nose shows, cherries, earth, leather, some coffee. Powerful wine with hints of tar, cherries and
coffee. Tough and tannic end. Food-wine. Needs a little more time. Very good Barbaresco.
Arnt Egil Nordlien Tasting note: Nov-98
Brick-red colour. Quite deep. Fine and complex nebbiolo-nose of tar and roses. Some leather, tobacco and cherries. Mature and fine
high notes. Fullbodied and a structured Barbaresco in the mouth. Good concentration of well-matured fruit. Shows a little more
tobacco in the mouth. On top now. Good acids and a tannic end. More Barolo-like than Barbaresco-structure which might derive from
the vineyard which I guess is Gaia Principe placed just east of Montestefano. Great Barbaresco. Drinks well now, can age.