"Perfect conditions prevailed in 1997: a fresh spring with no hail or frost, then a mild summer and sunny September. The grapes matured gradually at a pace rarely achieved. Harvesting began on the 15t...

88/100 James Suckling

"A very pretty and aromatic wine, with spices, berries and violets. Medium-bodied with medium, fine tannins and a polished finish. Best after 2000."
(James Suckli...

87/100 PP

"This impressively saturated dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up copious quantities of sweet black currant fruit, vanilla, and minerals. Suave, with sweet fruit on the attack, m...

87-90/100 PP

"One of the best wines from the Graves region, Pape-Clement\'s 1997 reveals a dark ruby color with purple nuances. The nose offers up scents of roasted herbs, cedar, tobacco, and...

95/100 Stephen Tanzer

"Insane wine! Spuntali is a spectacular vineyard on the Southwesterly facing slope of Montalcino. The wine is liquid chocolate, incredible concentration, power, d...

92/100 PP

"The impressively-endowed, dark plum-colored 1997 Barolo San Giovanni (a vineyard facing Bussia) is a blockbuster. It boasts terrific concentration as well as a sweet bouquet o...

95/100 PP

"Unquestionably one of the most massive Barberas ever made, the blockbuster 1997 Ai Suma (800 cases) reveals off the chart density as well as a terrific bouquet of smoke, black...

17/20 René Gabriel

"Herrliches, leicht dropsartiges Bouquet; Cassisnote, Rosen. Im Gaumen viel Charme, saftiges Extrakt, eine betörende Süsse von der Frucht ausgehend. Ein eleganter, langer W...

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