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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 29 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jens DT on 8/16/2023 & rated 95 points: VIRKELIG lækker Barolo. Var HELT oppe at køre over den. 3L flaske😍. Smadrede Conterno fra 2008 i alm flaske. (718 views) | | | Tasted by Musigny151 on 7/22/2023: 2008 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto Le Rocche del Falletto Riserva
A young pup indeed, but an extraordinary wine in the making. Quite bunched up, but knowing this needed time, I decanted it mid morning and tasted throughout the day, marveling at how slowly but beautifully it unfurled. All the markings of great Barolo, smoke and anise but highlighted by a gorgeous underpinning of rose petals. Finish long and layered.
I think Galloni was not a fan; not sure if he tasted an off bottle. This is serious stuff, and I am glad I have a few bottles which I hope I will be able to taste at maturity. 97 (1123 views) | | | Tasted by P257pax on 4/14/2023 & rated 93 points: Decanted 1,5 hours, grewt wine but still young. Rose petals, lots of red berries, amazing long on the palate, it’s just keeps on going. Will be amazing in 5 years. (1296 views) | | | Tasted by Shorepower on 11/20/2021: Double decant, young of course but great potential. Drinking well now but will evolve. Not sure why some critics complains about this wine. (3465 views) | | | Tasted by finediningnyc on 11/12/2021 & rated 95 points: Although quite young, of course, a seriously long decant of 5+ hours unleashed a glimpse of the magic of Giacosa red label. It’s incredibly aromatic and its stunning bouquet of rose petals, Christmas spices, plums, worn leather and a menthol freshness leap from the glass. A captivating perfume. On the palate it’s rich, intense and muscular, while at the same time showing elegance and grace in its weightless intensity. The finish is insanely long, seemingly going on for minutes, showing vibrance, lift and finely grained tannins. An outstanding Barolo with a long life ahead. ✨ (2962 views) | | | Tasted by joshabramson on 7/23/2021 & rated 95 points: Lean and juicy with very pretty aromatics. Decanted for 7 hours, which helped a lot, still quite youthful but definitely approachable and elegant. Long life ahead of this, but definitely give this plenty of time to open up to be most expressive at this age. I think you could honestly give it the the entire day, open it when you wake up! (3240 views) | | | Tasted by luHar1423 on 5/7/2021 & rated 96 points: My first Barolo tasting and what an entry into to world of Piedmont wines - fantastic (thanks @tluk)!
An outstanding wine, right out of the bottle, and ready to drink with nice primary notes all around cherries, pepper nuances, tannins and acidity keeping a nice balance making this wine very round and mouth filling. Maybe a bit on the young side and somehow reminds me of a Pinot Noir from Burgundy (Grand Cru quality of course).
An astonishing long finish in which all the flavor notes pay you a final visit, leaving a tasteful firework in your mouth and inner nasal area - a "quarternary" tasting experience as tluk described it and something you will dream off the next morning. Fantastic!
This is a wine to own! Hunting season for the 2008 Le Rocche Del Falletto Riserva is open. Although this vintage can be enjoyed and celebrated today, I suggest to keep them in your cellar up to one to two decades for sure. Plan your drinking window very wisely as it will be a feast!
Potential to gain 2 points with age! (2820 views) | | | Tasted by tluk on 5/7/2021 & rated 99 points: One of the best Barolo, goes on for minutes. (3051 views) | | | Tasted by Charlie Carnes on 12/22/2020: This was a very good wine. It was neither closed nor opened; kinda just middling. It was tasty, with deep, dark cherry fruit, and a goodly amount of earth/soil tones, and some red clay mineral. This has a long way to go before it catches the 1985 of the same model, my benchmark for this wine. (2568 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 11/14/2020 & rated 93 points: Casual BBQ Wines: Ash, charcoal, raspberry and cherry on the nose. Great flavour profile, red fruit with plenty of structure sitting in behind via the acid and tannins. Great length. (2049 views) | | | Tasted by Andre Brattland on 5/11/2020 & rated 96 points: Really closed the first hours in Decanter. Little by little, the aromas began to turn into a lovely swan with lovely rose, violet and light perfume overlaid with fresh red fruit and this distinct layer of tar that protected a touch of truffle.
Pretty full-bodied wine that also gradually began to shine in the mouthfeel, though its really tight. It's almost like reading "Don't open until 2050" in the wine. Here it is indescribable concentration and depth. Pretty red fruit, a little orange fruit peel, clear cool tea and lovely spicy finish.
Shall we talk about the tannins? Yes we do. REFERENCE tannins! High alcohol (14.5%) indicates that Giacosa and co have let the grapes hang for a long time to get Phenolic ripeness. They have succeeded. No green tones at all. Firm but perfect tannins. This is brilliant work!
Although this is a wine for the connoisseur today, there is nothing to hide under a chair that this will be completely magical. Calls 96 points on this upside. This can withstand at least 30 years. (3902 views) | | | Tasted by golf and wine on 8/16/2019 & rated 97 points: Great bottle last night at Barolo with the boys. (3638 views) | | | Tasted by Alexander Smith on 10/19/2018 & rated 96 points: New York Wine Experience 2018 (New York Marriott Marquis): So elegant, with sweet cherries, spice, and violet. This is just wonderfully balanced, the tannins are fine and a little grainy, but this will wear off with time. Keep this though, don't pop the cork too early. (5681 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 4/8/2017: Opera Wine 2017 - 100 Great Producers (Verona, Italy): A decade more before it's ready? I should think so, for my palate anyway. That said, I enjoyed it, but it didn't wow me in any way, it didn't move me. Perhaps the inner beauty isn't ready to reveal itself yet, or perhaps it's just not there, that this is all there's going to be. Who can say at this young stage, and for that matter, perhaps the bottle was less than ideal. Either way, given today's performance, I would not be looking to acquire this wine for my cellar - at 52, I'm not sure I'd be alive to enjoy it if/when it decides to become glorious, assuming it can; I've seen what these can do after 20 years, and the wait's almost always worth it. HOLD!
https://www.ItalianWine.blog (9950 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 3/8/2017 & rated 93 points: Young, great clarity and precision of flavors, good intensity. Enjoyable now but should get much better. 93-94+ (7675 views) | | | Tasted by Eric Guido on 12/19/2016 & rated 90 points: (served blind) This is one of those moments where you consider the score versus the cost, and you have to question whether one should affect the other. The controversial ‘08 Rocche was served blind, and it was clear that it was Nebbiolo. What was not clear was where it was from, and no one would have guessed Giacosa Riserva. The nose showed ripe cherry with a dusting of spice and dried orange. On the palate, I found tart red fruits with saturating minerality and a zing of fresh acidity. Youthful tannin coated the senses, drying the palate and finishing on notes of spice and cedar. (8051 views) | | | Tasted by psmith on 11/12/2016 & rated 95 points: Ripe and dark black cherry and balsamic-type notes. Big, young wine, but certainly enough stuffing to keep this going for a long, long time. (6991 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 7/22/2016 & rated 95 points: At the winery with Dante: Real balsamico and incense notes, pure, intense, dried cherry, cinnamon, slight plum skin notes with very savory component; Silky, powerful, very very long tangy finish. One of the great wines of my trip, sent shivers up my spine. From 4 best plots of Faletto, mostly on limestone, 38 mo. botte grande. (6747 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 6/18/2016: Of course this Barolo is too young to offer much hedonistic value, but today the 2008 Rocche del Falletto Riserva is too closed, backward, and dense to allow for any intellectual assessment, either. I'm not sure what to make of this wine. (4283 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 2/28/2015 & rated 95 points: Powerful and intense but too young and closed at this stage. Grippy tannins on the palate. Amazing finish, great structure. Excellent. Needs time. 94-95+ (7599 views) | | | Tasted by lockestep on 10/3/2014 & rated 94 points: Bruno Giacosa Rep Tastiing (State Line, Elkton MD): Deep in color, nose a bit reticent at first but blooms in the glass with time. Tannins and fruit in harmony. Long finish, deep and pure. Give it at least five years of rest, it will last for a long, long time. (7114 views) | | | Tasted by Phenol73 on 9/4/2014 & rated 95 points: (Tasted at Berry Bros Italian Tour 2014): A wall of harmony. Incredibly balanced berry fruits and subtle earth tones. Not a lot of secondary leaf, tobacco and spice notes, but these will surely evolve. For now this is a symphony of pure, clean balance. Nothing dominates, everything sings together. Special. (6501 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 9/2/2014 & rated 95 points: Very young, grippy, tannic, tight, slightly closed but wonderfully persistent, superbly structured and fine. Very very long. 94-95+ (6092 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 3/27/2014 & rated 96 points: Big, complex nose with sweet, luscious fruit, herbs, spices, creamy and rich. Excellent freshness, wonderful fruit, firm structure and grip, fantastic length. Superb. 95-96+ (6520 views) | | | Tasted by yiuwing_hk on 11/29/2013 & rated 96 points: Tasted in Great Italian Tasting Event in HK. What a good barolo. (4644 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Vinous Tasting Group - The Wines of Bruno Giacosa (Aug 2017) (8/1/2017)
(Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Le Rocche Del Falletto Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Walter Speller
JancisRobinson.com (9/2/2014)
(Bruno Giacosa, Le Rocche del Falletto Barolo Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/27/2014)
(Bruno Giacosa, Le Rocche del Falletto Riserva Barolo Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Barolo 2008: The Incredible Lightness of Being (Apr 2012)
(Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Le Rocche Del Falletto) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159
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| Bruno Giacosa Producer website | Importer website
IMPORTANT: Please read this guide to ensure that you are cataloging your wine correctly.
Links: Ken Vastola's fabulous guide to Giacosa labels
WINES OF THE WINERY "AZIENDA AGRICOLA FALLETTO"The grapes are grown in the winery’s own vineyards and vinified in their cellars. These wines are sold with a label bearing the wording: "Azienda Agricola FALLETTO"– di Bruno GiacosaNebbioloNebbiolo is a red grape indigenous to the Piedmont region of Italy in the Northwest. The grape can also be found in other parts of the world, though they are not as respected.
Nebbiolo is often considered the "king of red wines," as it is the grape of the famed wines of Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, and Roero DOCG. It is known for high tannins and acidity, but with a distinct finesse. When grown on clay, Nebbiolo can be very powerful, tannic, and require long aging periods to reach its full potential. When grown on sand, the grape exhibits a more approachable body with more elegant fruit and less tannins, but still has high aging potential.
"Nebbiolo" is named for the Italian word, "nebbia", which means "fog", in Italian and rightfully so since there is generally a lot of fog in the foothills of Piedmont during harvest.
Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that does best in a continental climate that boasts moderate summers and long autumns. In Piedmont, Nebbiolo is normally harvested in October.
More links:
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerLe Rocche Del Falletto Part of the Cru FallettoItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorPiedmont Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
On weinlagen-infoLanghe Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero | Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)BaroloRegional History:
The wines of Piedmont are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piedmont was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piedmontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power.
map of Barolo DOCG
An interesting thread on Traditional vs. Modern Barolo producers:
https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106291 |
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