Best Barolo for under $60

Cavallotto Barolo is always good, and reasonable.

Also try Valtellina, from Lombardy. Had one Saturday night, with veal roll. Superb! Sells for about $35-40

Valtellina reds are made from the same grape (nebbiolo), but in in Lombardy, where the grape is called chiavennasca.

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He asked for Barolo. Pay attention, enrichment plant.

I had some 2001 Damilano Barolo (WS 92) recently that I thought was surprisingly good for $32. The surprising part was that it was drinking well despite it's youth.

The problem is, I have no way of knowing if this has the classic Barolo flavor profile or not, having nothing to compare it to. I've not had any other Barolos. I understand that most young Barolos are very hard and tannic, and very backwards for at least 10 years or so. Since that was not my experience with this bottle, would I be right to suspect that this is somewhat atypical of Barolo?

- Chris

So there's several factors at play here- producer style and vintage in particular.

As to latter, I'd say 2000 and 1997 are the likeliest to show well young.

While style-wise I prefer more traditional producers, the best for your purposes are probably the "in-betweeners"- not as hard in their youth as the traditional long-maceration etc guys, not as oaky as the Sandrones (the real new wavers are way over your price level anyway). In addition t Batasiolo and the Ceretto Zonchero that Ed mentioned, you could try Chiarlo or Ca'Rome. I prefer some more traditional makers

-Marcarini in particular makes excellent Barolo for less than $50 for both the La Serra and the Brunate. Einaudi's basic bottling is also usually good.

Staying within Piedmont royalty, Barbaresco has a similar profile to Barolo but is usually a little friendlier in its youth. The de Forville and Produttori del Barbaresco normales are usually pretty inexpensive- maybe $28-30 and $22-25 respectively.

First of all, I'm going to expand your critieria to Barolo AND Barbaresco an

Maybe the guy does not know about Valtellina? Maybe he would LOVE it!

Shut your gaddamned mouth before I close it with my fist, asshole!!

If you'll note, I DID answer his question, but I also suggested an alternative.

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So, shall we go for a troll? Alright, last reply to scarpity, promise, even if his favourite band is U-235, I will not answer his posts again.

Stay away from my posts!

Mike Tommasi wrote:

Right. Cavallotto is a good example of a neo-traditionalist with moderate pricing.

I already posted info about Valtellina.

I have seen Cavollotto Barolos go for as low as $25 at times, in Ohio, at year-end clearance time. Normally, they go for about $35-45.

Mike most Baroloistas find Valtellina too light--I had a very hard time moving Balgera & Triacca. Both Parker & the WS have dismissed the Valtellina as not being testicular. Actually, often times a Valtellina goes better with food than a backwards Barolo.

Besides Barbaesco's which are equal to Barolo in price, there is the Novarra-Vercelli hills where Gattinara and Ghemme are produced, Spanna is a VDT wine but it often is just as tannic & long lived as the two G's. Sizzano, Fara, Caramino are also nebbiolo based wines from this area but they are lighter, as is Carema, Bramaterra, Lessona and Donnas from NW piemonte & aosta.

A number of wineries around Alba make a nebbiolo delle langhe or nebbiolo d'alba. Some of which could be called Barolo or Barbaresco but economic reasons or a poor vintage can let a producer move his product quicker by cutting the price and spending less time in wood.

The only real way to buy a bottle of the two B's So there's several factors at play here- producer style and vintage in

Does anybody who actually drinks wine listen to what Parker says? I don't taste wine, I drink it! Parker is simply a stupid American know-nothing.

Precisely! Barolo is often too big. I made a nice veal roll Saturday night. Arrosto Ripieno.

We went through a lot of wine (12 people) but the one that stood out was the Valtellina.

SLOW FOOD!!!!

Several of the older vintages from Ciabot Berton are available for less than $60. I have had '93, '95 and '96 as well as some of their single vineyard Roggeri's in both California and New York. These are traditionally-styled wines.

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Luca, sei crudele...

Greg, here's my two cents. I only tried one Barolo, 2000 Marchesi di Barolo ($30) and I found it OK but underwhelming for the price. I could've bought three superior bottles of Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina for that!

Dan-O (k> I'm trying to expand my wine horizons a bit and one type of wine I

You may want to try Michele Chiarlo, Barolo, 1997: Here's the comments I have in my database. - Medium-to full-bodied, dark garnet red, generous tannins and spices balanced by raspberry, black cherry and plum fruits, those highlighted on the long finish by a nice hint of spiciness. Still somewhat tight so give this one time. Best 2004-2010. Score 92. It's available where I buy at a wine day price of $40.00.