Whether to drink now or cellar to enjoy its imminent, spectacular maturity, has suddenly become a no-brainer. Thanks to the superb vintages spanning 1995 through 2000, Italy’s noblest red wine is enjoying unprecedented prestige.
Barolo is an Italian wine, one of many to claim the title “Wine of kings, and king of wines”. It is produced in Cuneo’s province, south-west of Alba, within the southern end of Piemonte. Barolo borrows its name from the small hamlet (population 760) that lies near the center of the wine’s growing zone. The zone itself …