Seniors Discover Barolo: Wine of the Kings

Achilles Barolo owns Baroli Winery in northern Italy and it has had an impact on the world market. He invites us to Wine with me.  In Piedmont, Italy, Barolo and the Barbareso vineyards invite seniors to enjoy the region and some famous wines.

Much of the Boroli wines is produced with dolcetto grapes. The color is deep ruby red with purple tints while the bouquet displays sweet fruity aromas such as violet, marasca, wild blackberry. The label reads Madonna di Como. A little history on Boroli finds that they have been in business in the region since 1831. Achille Baroli speaks to Bing on his winery and the growing of his famous vineyard.

And Brandolini…

Vistorta has been in the Brandolini family since 1780 and is in northeast Italy’s Friuli region, just 25 miles north of Venice and Count Brandino Brandolini is making an effort to get the word out for a fine Merlot.

Fox News has a listing of wines related that the ladies will love and they list white wines men should drink.  In Italy they say the cold brings out the craving for Barolo and Barbaresco reds. Then there is the fine art of wine tasting.

I’ve been fortunate to be part of a dozen programs in France called Food and Wine of France when I was employed by Elderhostel (now called Road Scholar). Tough job but somebody had to do it! I always thought that I really did not care for Champagne until I spent two weeks in Champagne territory sampling the bubbly.  I discovered that it was “quite alright.”

Seniors Enjoy Winetasting

Wineseacher.com will fill in details on where to buy, testing notes and more. Wine produced with Barbera grapes has a color very intense, ruby red. On the nose it offers aromas of ripe forest fruits and undertones of vanilla while on the palate this wine is close-texture, mouth-filling with aromas of ripe raspberries and blackberries.

I learned all this once as did dozens of participants on my tours in France. I am always amazed at how experts can detect all those aromas and can list four or five very quickly.  I was always safe in saying that the sweet white wines had the aroma of “pears.”  They always agreed with that.

You may wish to do a little searching for the correct means to sniffing out the secrets of white wine aroma. The reds have a long listing as well. To get the best whiff of the wine’s aroma, spend a good 10 seconds swirling the glass with some vigor. This allows the alcohol to volatize and will lift the wine’s innate scents towards your nose. So give these wines a sampling and be sure to use your “nez” well  as you swirl the glass.

Enjoy! jeb