STARS OF PIEDMONT: 1998 BAROLO & BARBARESCO
Please note this event has already happened
Date: 7pm, Thursday 18th June 2009
Price: £80.00
For lovers of Italian wine, Piedmont is a land of incomparable terroir, producers of unsurpassed skill and wines of unrivalled quality and complexity. The best of these wines come from the crus of Barolo and Barbaresco and this tasting will compare the top examples from the wonderful 1998 vintage. Only the most prestigious names have made the cut and we will be tasting both Barolos and Barbarescos from three of them - Giacosa, Gaja and Ceretto. In addition to these we will have a look at top Barberesco name La Spinetta and Barolo producers Roberto Voerzio, Domenico Clerico and Giacomo Conterno.
Who knows, we might even open something from the 1960s to finish off the evening!
We will be tasting:
1998 La Spinetta; Barberesco Starderi
1998 Bruno Giacosa; Barolo Rocche del Falletto
1998 Bruno Giacosa; Barbaresco Rabaja
1998 Angelo Gaja; Barolo Sperss
1998 Angelo Gaja; Langhe Costa Russi
1998 Ceretto; Barolo Bricco Rocche
1998 Ceretto; Barbaresco Bricco Asili
1998 Domenico Clerico; Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra
1998 Roberto Voerzio; Barolo la Serra
1998 Giacomo Conterno; Barolo Monfortino
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