2001 Marchesi di Barolo, Ruvei, Barbera d'Alba

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D informed me yesterday she was planning to prepare the cabbage lasagna again last night. A search of the database showed no Barbera d'Albas present. Off to Costco yesterday for other stuff, and a scan of the wine bins turned up this one which rang a faint bell or two. Grabbed a few and had one with dinner, and my oh my! Dee-lish! Found IK's notes on the '99 from two years ago at http://wines.com/ubb2/Forum13/HTML/000259.html, and the Speculator's review in their archives from last November in which they gave the '01 a 90. Good judgement on their part. Back to Costco today for a couple of boxes. All of $10.99 per bottle, and I left one bottle in their display box. Soft fruit and enough acid to handle the tomatoes in the meat sauce and a nice amount of alcohol which she guessed correctly at 13.5%. As the great one used to say, "How sweet it is!"