Healthy deep red. Cherry, licorice and nutty oak on the nose. Lush and deep, but more vinous and solidly structured than the Ciabot Manzoni. The firm but ripe acids give the flavors more delicacy and help to buffer the wine alcohol. Finishes subtle and long, with firm but ripe tannins.

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The super-intense, powerful, weighty, multidimensional, full-bodied, sweet, sexy 1997 Barolo Bricco Luciani exhibits a more forward character than it did prior to bottling. There are layers of fruit, glycerin, and extract, and the wine reveals abundant quantities of black cherry and berry fruit intermixed with spice box, leather, licorice, and Chinese black tea notes. As it sits in the glass, scents of melted asphalt, rose petals, and tobacco emerge. This is a superb, hedonistic yet powerful, concentrated Barolo to drink between 2003-2020.

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Tasted from magnum. Dark ruby red color. Fabulous aromas of ripe red fruit and cloves and all sorts of Indian spices. Full-bodied, with gorgeous fruit and wonderfully silky tannins. Complex and flavorful on the finish. It delivers a full palette of character. Even better than I remember.--1997 Italian blind retrospective. Drink now. 450 cases made.

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