2007 Pio Cesare Barolo

I drank a couple of bottles of 2007 Pio Cesare Barolo in two different restaurants while I was in Seoul for the last five days. They were both traditional Korean restaurants: Korean House and Son Soo Hun.

The food was everything from a broad selection of Kimchi (fermented cabbage) to barbecued ribs and Korean steak. Korean food is so clean and flavorful. It goes really well with European reds. I find it goes less well with high alcohol, off dry reds from the New World.

The 2007 Pio Cesare Barolo went incredibly well with the grilled meat. It showed lots of bright fruit, from raspberries to plums, with hints of flowers and spices such as nutmeg as well as tar. The tannins were very ripe and soft textured making the young Barolo so very drinkable. 93 points.

This drinkability of 2007 Barolo and Barbaresco is why I like the vintage so much. It is much better than the austere and tannic 2006. It is a crowd pleaser vintage along the lines of other hot years, such as 2000 and 1997.

You should buy the 2007 vintage in Piedmont across the board.