1993 Ceretto Barolo Bricco Rocche-Brunate
Piedmonte, Italy

We had this wine at Felidia's in New York.

The wine was opened and decanted for 30 minutes before serving in Spiegelau Balloon glasses (not sure of the line of glasses; definitely not Authentis or Vino Grande). A fair amount of sediment was left in the bottle from decanting. Some was present in the glass as well. Nice amber color in the glass, especially around the edges. Wonderful cigar box nose that was somewhat remenicent of a vintage port such as the 1995 Quinto de Vesuvio. This wine still possesses very firm tannins with a fair amount of acidity. Flavors of raisins with a hint of cappuccino. The tannins finally started to tame and the wine showed best around 1 ½ hours after it was opened. I would peg this wine around 88-90 points. This was a fairly nice effort for such a difficult vintage. If you were lucky enough to buy this on release for around the $45.00 release price you have yourself a pretty nice Barolo. I would drink now or over the short term with decanting.