By Antonio Galloni

For this report, I spent ten days in October in Barbaresco tasting mostly current releases. I also wanted to get an update on the 2002 and 2003 vintages. I arrived in mid-October, as the Nebbiolo harvest was in its final days. Without exception, every producer I spoke to was enthusiastic about the potential of the 2004 vintage. The growing season had started a bit late due to unusually cold weather in the spring, which continued into the summer.