1999 La Spinetta Barbaresco Gallina

The 1999 Barbaresco Vigneto Gallina has aged beautifully. Dark cherries, plums, smoke, tobacco, incense and mocha are some of the many notes that are woven together in the 1999 Gallina. Frankly, this is an eye-opening wine. The Gallina is impressive when it is young, but it has a way of firming up very nicely in bottle. I have seen that before, and in this tasting, I see it again. Readers who still own the 1999 Gallina are in for a treat.