1997 Barolo
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Prunotto's generic 1997 Barolo offers an attractive dark ruby/garnet color, low acidity, and soft, fat flavors of smoke-infused cherry fruit, cedar, and toast. Ripe and medium-bodied, it is best drunk over the next 4-5 years. A Leonardo Locascio Selection, Winebow, Hohokus, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620
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Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Medium red. Spices and exotic notes of pineapple and grapefruit on the nose. Spicy, sweet and dense in the mouth, with near-confectionery flavors of dried cherry and raspberry liqueur. Not complex but smooth and satisfying. Finishes with rather fine tannins.
About the producer

Founded in 1904 as Cantina Sociale "Ai Vini delle Langhe", Prunotto lies between Barolo and Barbaresco in the heart of the Langhe. Now part of the Antinori family of estates, it crafts terroir-driven wines that showcase the region's finest vineyard sites.