Fontanafredda Vigna La Delizia Barolo 1997 [DW 91]

Resulting from a small vineyard located in the heart of the municipality of Serralunga d’Alba, covering an area of 5646 square meters, the harvested grapes, once delivered to the cellars, underwent destemming, initiating the fermentation phase in temperature-controlled steel tanks. Shortly after the sugars were completely fermented, racking took place, and the wine was laid down in an oak barrel where it rested for a period of 30 months. Subsequently, the aging continued in the bottle for 8 months before commercialization.

DOCTOR WINE 91 points.

"Finally a bottle from this vintage that doesn’t disappoint me. Well, I’m exaggerating a bit, it’s just that up and down the length of Italy I’ve found a good few ’97s that are past it. This really was on top form: extremely gentle tannins, very fresh, powerful fruit, a colour that was slightly dark but, generally speaking, less so than some of the later vintages. A nice tobacco-like note."