TN: NM, WA. Tuscany, Piedmont, Jura

Dale, No doubt you're aware of this already, but in '06 the Produttori decided not to bottle vineyard designates, so all the juice went into the normale in what most agree was an excellent year in the Piemonte. The '06 should prove more ageworthy and develop with time into something quite special.

Mark Lipton

Mark Lipton wrote in news:im8v4q$ll$1 @speranza.aioe.org:

2006 was great for (some villages of) Barolo, not so great for Barbaresco (2007 seems to be better in Barbaresco than 2006).

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