Notes:

Wine Spectator: Beautiful aromas of mushroom, berry and dried fruit. Full-bodied, with rich, silky tannins and a finish of amazing fruit and spices that goes on and on. I love this. Hard to hold back, as this is so luscious and exciting to taste now. Best after 2008. 410 cases made. (JS) 95 points

International Wine Cellar: Full, deep red. Spicy, aromatic nose of redcurrant, plum, tobacco, dried flowers and underbrush. Lush, dense and sweet, with a glyceral, fleshy texture for Barbaresco and excellent concentration. Seamless, complex and rich. Finishes with very fine, thoroughly buffered tannins and lovely lingering sweetness. Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Nov/Dev 04 -92 points