Waterboy, tough call. I’ve been accumulating but so far not opening much barolo from 04. I actually have less than I thought. I just looked through my spreadsheet and have a case from one new style producer and a couple of Mascarello’s on order, but thats all. I still haven’t even opened my 01s. As I said in my first post Winex has a smoking deal on some 01 and 99 Mauro Sebaste. Its new style but I opened the 03 I got from them and for $29 it was very good. I just check winex and they still have some. I will say now is a particularly good time to look for 04 barolo as retailers are clearing them out for 05, which will be a far more uneven year.
Usually you can’t go wrong with Conterno or Giuseppe Mascarello, but those are costly well known producers. My favorite, for the money is Cascina Adelaide. A newer style producer that I bought in 01, yet haven’t seen in 04 yet.
On a non barolo note, K&L has the Columbia Crest Walter Clore 2004 for 17.99. I believe there were several who really liked that wine and sub 20 thought it was a great value.
