Barbaresco Bruno Giacosa Red Wine

@delectable This is Barbaresco Gallina

pop n pour. three cycles in the 90 minutes it lasted. 1) excellent nose, soft yet bright, what one hopes for with barbaresco. 2) muted out, nose faded. mouth faded, thinking it too old and ordinary:-( 3) rebirth, nose back and rhymes with stage 1. Yet, deeper this go. fruit there but fainter as second/third characteristics start to show. sadly, not a magnum so unable to report further. More study required;-)

Notes of menthol, leather and strawberry with some tartness. This seemed to improve slightly over two days. Great wine. Double decanted over 6 hours in bottle.

Roses, violets, amarena cherry, mushroom, menthol. Dried rose, silky. Double decanted over several hours. Better on day 2. 2008 vintage on 1/5/19
Nebbiolo tasting. Giacosa!!

This one is from when Giacosa was still doing tremendous wines. Fairly mature, with the tell tale crushed flowers aromas, very intense and polished tannins, medium body and medium lenght, wwrks great with food thanks to a fresh spine, A really excellent bottle to drink or hold.

Yum wow tar and roses
.'m next question. For a barbaresco this wine was powerfully elegant. There are notes of forest floor and mushrooms with hints of nutmeg.... Damn good wine.

Laura had this 7 years ago

Carlos had this 6 years ago

Steven had this 6 years ago