Barolo/Brunello Pre-Sale at Avoce

Two traditionally well known Italian varietals were being showcased at a pre-sale wine tasting at Avoce, a restaurant featuring Italian culinary delights located on the 3rd floor of the magnificent Timer Warner centre.

Brunello is an important clone of the Italian Sangiovese found exclusively in the Tuscan town of Montalcino and presently Brunello di Montalcinos are the greatest expressions of Tuscan Sangiovese. These wines can be huge, intense, complex and very expensive due to their their longevity and consistency. Barolo on the other hand is made with the Nebbiolo grape produced in the Northern Italian region of Piedmont and is often debated as being the finest expression of this varietal. Barolos can age for decades under the proper conditions and along with great Bordeauxs and Burgundies and some Super Tuscans are some of the most amazing wines on this planet.

Sipping all these
great wines
spitting
but more often
swollowing
with the magnificent
views of Central Park
and the intense power
of New York city
now
lying across my
vista
like an
ocean
on a placid day....