Barbaresco Montestefano 1998

Luigi Giordano (Italy)

Grapes: Nebbiolo
Red Wine	Score:

This wine shows a light ruby red color with an orange-red tint. The aromas of this wine are mainly and pleasantly of fruit, and, among others, aromas of black cherry, dried plum, cherry jam can be perceived as well as leather, cocoa, dried violet and a light hint of enamel. This Barbaresco is balanced in the mouth, has a good quantity of alcohol and tannins as well as a good sapidity and good body. Wood aromas, although well perceivable, are not intrusive and do not prevail over the other organoleptic characteristics of the wine. The wine finish is persistent and has good flavors of dried plum and cherry. This wine is refined for 12-24 months in casks followed by 6 months in bottle.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Food match: Hard cheese, Roasted meat, Braised meat
Suggested glass	Suggested serving temperature: 18° C (64° F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)
Issue 2, November 2002