Prunotto Barbera d'Asti Fiulot 2000

Prunotto Barbera d'Asti Fiulot 2000: A deep, red purple colour to this youthful wine. A lovely nose, dense and rich, with cherry fruit. In the background there is the barest, yet unmistakeable, hint of cork taint. Warm, rich and creamily textured on the palate. Lots of ripe, chewy tannins, which provide some lovely structure and grip. Low acidity. Tannic, grippy finish. This is a lovely wine. Unfortunately with a little time the cork taint takes over the nose, and becomes quite apparent on the palate also. A great shame as I think I would have otherwise rated this wine as good, if not very good. No score. (16/6/03)