Brooding blackish purple. Very powerful aromas of roasted, jammy berry fruits, underbrush and licorice. Impressively concentrated, rich and dense; seems more solid than liquid. Warm flavors of plum and blackberry jam, tar and truffle go on and on on the finish. Here as well, the 2000 vintage appears to be even better, unlikely as that may seem.

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The spectacular 1999 Serpico (a blend of 70% Aglianico and 30% Merlot, with a touch of Syrah and Piedrosso) is aged in French oak prior to being bottled without filtration. It is a blockbuster, opaque purple-colored effort offering a sumptuous bouquet of blackberry liqueur intermixed with truffle, licorice, and smoke. Full-bodied, with fabulous concentration, sweet tannin, a sumptuous mid-palate, and a knock-out finish, this dazzling 1999 has an unbelievable statistic supporting its level of concentration. Numbers can sometimes add up to nothing, but this wine's level of dry extract measures 40 grams per liter, among the highest I have ever seen in a dry red. Give it another 1-2 years of bottle age, and enjoy it over the following 15-16 years. Bravo!

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Rich and glorious red. Built like a brick house. Black in color, with intense aromas of black licorice, berry, toasted oak and black pepper. Full-bodied and concentrated, with fabulous fruit and big, round tannins. Long, long finish. Aglianico.

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