The 2007 Vin de Constance has a comparatively higher level of residual sugar at 177g/L and the highest total acidity at 8
Firm tannins serve to give more definition to the palate
The open fruit expression of the nose creates the expectation of a bigger wine to follow but it is classical with good restraint and an impressive sense of precision in the mouth
three miles from the sea
plum and soft earth wisps
Albino Rocca, Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto other_regions_italy The 2007 Vin de ConstanceThis is a spectacular Barbaresco. It is awesomely thick, rich, and textured, with unreal opulence as well as glycerin levels that define the finest offerings from the 1997 vintage. Albino Rocca hit the bull's eye in 1997. The 1997 Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto is a luxuriously fruited, nearly over the top effort. Extremely full bodied, and loaded with exotic, overripe, glycerin, smoke, cedar, and cherry flavors, it is a thick, unctuously textured, slut of