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1985 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Gallina di Neive
Nebbiolo
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Langhe
- Barbaresco
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Community Tasting Notes 24
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johnh1001 wrote: 94 points
May 26, 2023 - Beautiful nose of light, sweet red fruit, roses, tar and mushroom. Great color, depth and balance. More sweet fruit came out over time with perfectly resolved tannin and exquisite balance. For me, at peak now and will hold.
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cadamson Likes this wine:
November 21, 2022 - Drinking very well. Quite alive, good red fruits, a potpourri of leather/spices/truffle/balsamic and spice. Mostly resolved tannins. Excellent.
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jviz wrote: 94 points
August 6, 2022 - Excellent showing for a somewhat rustically styled wine. Softened tannins, complex bouquet of leather and spice box, well integrated and so on. Lovely match with grilled swordfish and white beans
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MC2 Wines wrote:
October 18, 2021 - Wine Workshop: White Label Giacosa and White Truffles (Locanda Verde): First wine of the tasting and also one of my most favorites of the evening. It's all there is to love with Giacosa wines. Very elegant and refined, red fruits, some pepper, a long finish. There's a hint of menthol but in a nice way that adds some complexity to the wine. Just wonderful. Saved my last sip for the very end of the night and it was good from beginning to end.
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Tony Ling Likes this wine: 95 points
January 17, 2021 - Incredible conditions. Slow-oxed 11 hours prior to serving into Zalto Burgundy glass (“Flower” day): Pale ruby with bricking rims. Only bits of fine deposits.
Red cherries, florals and fine white spices in general.
More forward in general, but heaps of minerality and fine acidity.
94-95 points easy.
2nd round, about 1/2 bottle in: more fine spices and layered this round.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2007, Issue #7, The Brilliant Barbarescos and Barolos of Bruno Giacosa(Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco “Gallina”) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1985
- Type Red
- Producer Bruno Giacosa
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Gallina di Neive
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barbaresco
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 78 (41%)
- Consumed 110 (59%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- VarietyNebbiolo
- VineyardGallina di Neive
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarbaresco
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