Bruno Giacosa

Asili Di Barbaresco Nebbiolo

9.3222 ratings
9.289 pro ratings
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Nebbiolo
Lamb, Goose, Potato, Baking Spices, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Turkey, Beef, Pasta, Salami & Prosciutto, Tomato-Based, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Veal, White Rice, Herbs, Mushrooms, Pungent Cheese, Pork, Game, Exotic Spices, Chili & Hot Spicy, Duck, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Mike Saviage

Amber tawny color. Mostly translucent. Killer nose. Notes of licorice and anise, rose petals, sweet fruit. While fruit forward, it still packs a punch with ample structure and some pucker - even with 9 hours in a decanter. Love the nose on this. Outperformed expectations given the vintage.

Amber tawny color. Mostly translucent. Killer nose. Notes of licorice and anise, rose petals, sweet fruit. While fruit forward, it still packs a punch with ample structure and some pucker - even with 9 hours in a decanter. Love the nose on this. Outperformed expectations given the vintage.

Oct 31st, 2021
James Forsyth

Terrific wine with lots of vibrancy. If Barbaresco is the queen of Nebbiolo, she's as tough as Elizabeth I or II. One for opening in several years.

Terrific wine with lots of vibrancy. If Barbaresco is the queen of Nebbiolo, she's as tough as Elizabeth I or II. One for opening in several years.

Sep 17th, 2019
Conrad Green

Lovely rounded fruit. Dark plum and some brambles. Settled and delicious. Lovely detail on the finish. Quite cool blooded.

Lovely rounded fruit. Dark plum and some brambles. Settled and delicious. Lovely detail on the finish. Quite cool blooded.

Mar 6th, 2019
Antonio Galloni

Founder, Vinous

9.6

A great showing from the 2001 Asili. Aromatic, intense and sublime. A real pleasure to share and drink this bottle with my mom and dad. My parents introduced me to the wines of Bruno Giacosa (and many other Piedmont greats like Gaja, Vietti etc.) when I was in high school. The first Giacosa wine I remember buying for myself on release was the 1989 Barbaresco Santo Stefano Riserva. It cost the princely sum of $55 a bottle😱which at the time was a splurge that felt borderline reckless...Even today, there is nothing like the wines of the Maestro. 😋❤️

A great showing from the 2001 Asili. Aromatic, intense and sublime. A real pleasure to share and drink this bottle with my mom and dad. My parents introduced me to the wines of Bruno Giacosa (and many other Piedmont greats like Gaja, Vietti etc.) when I was in high school. The first Giacosa wine I remember buying for myself on release was the 1989 Barbaresco Santo Stefano Riserva. It cost the princely sum of $55 a bottle😱which at the time was a splurge that felt borderline reckless...Even today, there is nothing like the wines of the Maestro. 😋❤️

Apr 7th, 2018
Beau Carson

Spectacular nose of fig, balsamic, dried cherry, dried rose petals, and tar backed by grainy tannins and still plenty of acidity. Sit on this!

Spectacular nose of fig, balsamic, dried cherry, dried rose petals, and tar backed by grainy tannins and still plenty of acidity. Sit on this!

Oct 1st, 2017
Jay McInerney

Novelist, Wine Critic Town & Country, Expensive Wino & Gastronaut

8.7

Classic nose of tar & roses. Relatively light for the vintage.

Classic nose of tar & roses. Relatively light for the vintage.

2 people found it helpfulNov 24th, 2014
Jasmine Hirsch

Sales & Marketing Hirsch Vineyards, founder In Pursuit of Balance

9.4

Pizza wine!

Pizza wine!

2 people found it helpfulOct 26th, 2014
Doctor No

Shut down despite significant air time and double decanting.

Shut down despite significant air time and double decanting.

1 person found it helpfulJan 22nd, 2018
Nniccolò Contenta

Very brick red looking to have the effects of some oxidation... Perhaps just this bottle or maybe the 2003 is feeling the weak aging capability of the insanely hot vintage. From Nebbiolo Harvested sept 23rd that year.
Aprox. 13,000 btls

Very brick red looking to have the effects of some oxidation... Perhaps just this bottle or maybe the 2003 is feeling the weak aging capability of the insanely hot vintage. From Nebbiolo Harvested sept 23rd that year.
Aprox. 13,000 btls

1 person found it helpfulAug 30th, 2014
Weijie Shi (Jay)

Very disappointing. Nice nose with rose petals, smokiness, dried red fruits and earth. But it totally crumbles in the mid palate, very hollow. Very dry on the finish. This may be an off bottle or suffered from high heat somewhere during transportation. I will definitely try another bottle of this later. 😂🤣😅14% alc. 2009 vintage

Very disappointing. Nice nose with rose petals, smokiness, dried red fruits and earth. But it totally crumbles in the mid palate, very hollow. Very dry on the finish. This may be an off bottle or suffered from high heat somewhere during transportation. I will definitely try another bottle of this later. 😂🤣😅14% alc. 2009 vintage

Jun 19th, 2017