1997 Barbaresco Vigneto Gallina, La Spinetta
1997 Barbaresco Vigneto Gallina, La Spinetta
Appearance: darkish purple-red, only slightly orange rim.
Nose: very complex mix of red and black fruits: red and black cherry, redcurrants, red and black plum. Perfume also evident here with slight tar smell (but not in the tarry league of some Barolo wines). There’s also that slight peppermint I’ve noticed on Nebbiolo before. Savoury oak and a wine that kept on developing in the glass.
Palate: intense fruit, chewy ripe and not too tightly knit tannins, superb balance of high acidity to oak to fruit to tannin. Very, very long.
Conclusion: this wine is still very young, but was not closed. It had wonderful fruit and amazing complexity. This is one of La Spinetta’s top wines and is capable of considerable ageing, particularly from the famed 1997 vintage. Superb.
Rating: 19/20
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