Now that the Speculator has bestowed a lofty 100 points on the 2000
Barolo vintage, the prices (never low to begin with) will no doubt
rise accordingly. Not to mention the dollar is getting whupped by the
Euro.

It occurs to me that, if the barolos themselves were so stunning in
2000, the second and third tier nebbiolos from the area should be
pretty darned good, too. At probably 1/3 the price.

Has anybody come across these "lesser" 2000s yet? Any suggestions?

JJ
(take out the papers and "unspam")

wrote:
> Now that the Speculator has bestowed a lofty 100 points on the 2000
> Barolo vintage, the prices (never low to begin with) will no doubt
> rise accordingly. Not to mention the dollar is getting whupped by the
> Euro.
>
> It occurs to me that, if the barolos themselves were so stunning in
> 2000, the second and third tier nebbiolos from the area should be
> pretty darned good, too. At probably 1/3 the price.
>
> Has anybody come across these "lesser" 2000s yet? Any suggestions?
>
> JJ
> (take out the papers and "unspam")

I just think it's strange there's a Vintage of the Century somewhere nearly
every year according to the WS experts.


GS.

Greg Sumner wrote:

> I just think it's strange there's a Vintage of the Century somewhere nearly
> every year according to the WS experts.

One assumes it will get harder to make this call with more years past to
compare to. :-)

Greg Sumner wrote:

> I just think it's strange there's a Vintage of the Century somewhere nearly
> every year according to the WS experts.

One assumes it will get harder to make this call with more years past to
compare to. :-)

In article >,
says...
>
wrote:
>> Now that the Speculator has bestowed a lofty 100 points on the 2000
>> Barolo vintage, the prices (never low to begin with) will no doubt
>> rise accordingly. Not to mention the dollar is getting whupped by the
>> Euro.
>>
>> It occurs to me that, if the barolos themselves were so stunning in
>> 2000, the second and third tier nebbiolos from the area should be
>> pretty darned good, too. At probably 1/3 the price.
>>
>> Has anybody come across these "lesser" 2000s yet? Any suggestions?
>>
>> JJ
>> (take out the papers and "unspam")
>
>I just think it's strange there's a Vintage of the Century somewhere nearly
>every year according to the WS experts.
>
>
>GS.

I think that part of this is the hype that the producers, or their marketing
arms espouse. Looking at history, many regions have had several "vintages of
the century," in the same decade.

I realize that this does not address your main question, but I haven't tasted
any possible "princes" to the "king," in '00 Nebbiolas.

Hunt

In article >,
says...
>
wrote:
>> Now that the Speculator has bestowed a lofty 100 points on the 2000
>> Barolo vintage, the prices (never low to begin with) will no doubt
>> rise accordingly. Not to mention the dollar is getting whupped by the
>> Euro.
>>
>> It occurs to me that, if the barolos themselves were so stunning in
>> 2000, the second and third tier nebbiolos from the area should be
>> pretty darned good, too. At probably 1/3 the price.
>>
>> Has anybody come across these "lesser" 2000s yet? Any suggestions?
>>
>> JJ
>> (take out the papers and "unspam")
>
>I just think it's strange there's a Vintage of the Century somewhere nearly
>every year according to the WS experts.
>
>
>GS.

I think that part of this is the hype that the producers, or their marketing
arms espouse. Looking at history, many regions have had several "vintages of
the century," in the same decade.

I realize that this does not address your main question, but I haven't tasted
any possible "princes" to the "king," in '00 Nebbiolas.

Hunt