Jay Kline

9.2

Opened about five hours prior to service. After a small pour to check color and condition, I found the wine to be a bit grumpy. Some might even believe this could be DOA but the color was good and structurally, the wine was in good shape. So, into the decanter it went. By dinner, the wine had stretched its legs and all was right with the world. The 1976 Barolo annata by Guido Giri pours a slightly garnet with an orange rim; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes resembling Christmas fruitcake; spiced cranberry and pomegranate with dried roses, truffles, cedar, saussison, blood orange pith, dried green herbs and dry dusty earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is medium+ and resplendent tart fruit! What a resurrection! Drink now with an extended decant. — a month ago

UWS

9.3

20251117 Torre Antico Barbaresco with Wakano
A very nice, smooth, full body wine from the area near Neive.
Elegant, some rhubarb with taste of chocolate and leather.
Superb!
€90.00 — 6 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Red & dark fruits, leather, menthol, spice, rose petal & tobacco — 8 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

This is Garagiste’s private label. I’m guessing the producer is Icardi because that’s usually their go-to for Barbaresco and Barolo, but I can’t be sure. In any event, this is terrific wine and at its peak, in my view. Nose is classic with rose petals, beautiful dried cherry, mineral-flecked gravel, and some tertiary old library scents making an appearance. Soft, long, and balanced in the mouth. Really fine. Strangely, zero sediment. — 3 months ago

Shelly Duke

9.2

11/15/25 Drank for Mordy’s birthday with surf and turf — 6 months ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Tangy red fruit. Cherry and floral notes. P lush. Excellent — 7 months ago

with Matt and David

Brandi Bratek

9.0

Leather, earth, and currants. — 6 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.6

Byo dinner — 6 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

David hamburger — 6 months ago

Michael Walker

10

Stellar barbaresco, I think the best I’ve ever tried - sort of a funky/barnyard nose but the tannins are much softened - probably the age — 10 months ago