Piedmont's Silver Lining

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A string of great vintages helps soften the blow of a disastrous 2002 harvest in parts of Barolo

James Suckling
Issue: November 30, 2002

The 2002 vintage in Piedmont hasn't been easy. After one of the wettest summers in decades, a hellish hailstorm in early September destroyed a substantial portion of the Barolo crop. Yet just a few days after the storm, a dozen producers sitting in the cellar of Domenico Clerico, one of Piedmont's greatest wineries, seemed stoic about their bad fortune.