The 1999 releases continue to push quality to extraordinary heights. Rivetti´s blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Nebbiolo, the 1999 Pin Monferato Rosso, is an exotic, ripe, luxuriously intense effort displaying extravagant flavors that border on excess. It is voluptuously-textured with intense aromas of red and black fruits, smoke, and new oak. While there is a tendency to think of this as a internationally-styled offering. Nebbiolo gives the wine a finesse and complexity not found in most new breed wines. Its texture, richness, and thickness are a total turn-on. Who knows how it will age, but certainly it is impossible to resist at present. My instinct suggest drinking it over the next 7-8 years, but it may be uncommonly long-lived.