Lost in the Andes

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Drinking Barolo

Barolo wines are not for the faint at heart as a good Barolo will set you back a C-note or better and is not for sipping by the pool in the late afternoon.  No this stout wine made from the Nebbiolo grape for some seven hundred years demands a paring with with an equaly stout food.  I had it in Italy with wild boar and it was a match made in heaven.  The original style Barolos are meant to lie in your cellar for ten years or more so when I open a bottle(not often) I do it the day before I want to drink it as breathing is definitely required.  A good varietally correct version will have a lot of tannin supplied dtructure and not be fruity.  It may have undertones of earthiness, tobacco, or leather.  Try this wine with a pot roast cooked with tomatoes and think of me because I can't get Barolo here south of the equator.

Barolo

Here are my pics taken three years ago in Barolo.  I wish I could taste your wines with the Nebbiola grape.  Barolo wine has been my favorite for years.