TOnight I took my research group out to dinner at a local Italian restaurant, though I'd neglected to consider that this is graduation weekend at Purdue. In any event, with our main courses, I got a bottle of:
2004 Produttori di Barbaresco Barbaresco nose: reticent, red fruit, minerals, rose petals, a hint of tar palate: light, high acids, smooth tannins
Still quite young in character, this wine nonetheless was not in a bad place tonight. It has begun developing tertiary characteristics and should continue getting nicer for a good long while. My students, only one of whom knows much about wine, generally enjoyed this wine.
Mark Lipton