Mark Lipton > wrote in news:im8v4q$ll$1
@speranza.aioe.org:
>
> Dale,
> No doubt you're aware of this already, but in '06 the Produttori
> decided not to bottle vineyard designates, so all the juice went into
> the normale in what most agree was an excellent year in the Piemonte.
> The '06 should prove more ageworthy and develop with time into something
> quite special.
>
> Mark Lipton
>

2006 was great for (some villages of) Barolo, not so great for Barbaresco
(2007 seems to be better in Barbaresco than 2006).

s.