[Cornell Wine] Bargain Barolo is Back!

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE SPECIAL

Last year we featured this special and I thought the distributor had  
sold it all.  However they found an additional small quantity.  We  
now have a very limited quantity in stock.

SEGHESIO 1999 BAROLO “LA VILLA”

This is wonderful single-vineyard BAROLO, approachable now, but will  
improve with age.  It was a “Tre Bichieri” winner in Gambero Rosso,  
and if they had a “four glass” category, I’d have given it to this  
wine.  It has a classic nose of rose petals, tar and earth – it is so  
aromatic now one almost does not want to drink it!  The palate is  
rich, and the tannins well-integrated, but the wine has the body to  
age for many years.  Gambero Rosso said “A seductive warm palate  
features well-integrated oak tannins, while the nose’s complex  
fruitiness returns to infuse a long, rich finish”.

This was a $60.00 wine, but because the Wine Spectator gave 100  
points to the 2000 vintage, wines from 1999 have been harder to sell,  
and several wineries have too much stock.  I’ve talked to several  
Piemontese wine makers and they all say 1999 is a much better vintage  
than 2000.  The Wine Advocate says the same thing – 2000 vintage has  
very approachable wines, but they will never be as complex as 1999,  
or the upcoming 2001s.

Note: We have some in our own cellar

Available now at $43.50/bottle

Mick Beard
Cornell Wine Company
(503) 531-3981
mick at cornellwine.com
www.cornellwine.com
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