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Default '04 Produttori Barbaresco

On May 13, 9:17*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> TOnight I took my research group out to dinner at a local Italian
> restaurant, though I'd neglected to consider that this is graduation
> weekend at Purdue. *In any event, with our main courses, I got a bottle of:
>
> 2004 Produttori di Barbaresco Barbaresco
> nose: reticent, red fruit, minerals, rose petals, a hint of tar
> palate: light, high acids, smooth tannins
>
> Still quite young in character, this wine nonetheless was not in a bad
> place tonight. *It has begun developing tertiary characteristics and
> should continue getting nicer for a good long while. *My students, only
> one of whom knows much about wine, generally enjoyed this wine.
>
> Mark Lipton


Had their low end Nebbiolo last week. Pretty good and inexpensive.