(Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva) Light brown red color with ruby lights and pale meniscus; baked cherry, dried cherry, autumnal nose; a little maderized, ripe cherry, raspberry, dried cherry palate; medium-plus finish 91+ points
(Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva) Bricked medium red color with 1 millimeter clear meniscus; lovely, mature, ethereal, cigar box, roses, mint nose; lovely, silky textured, mature but still relatively youthful, ripe cherry, dried cherry, raspberry, roses, cigar box palate; has 25+ more years to go; long finish 97+ points (a truly satisfying, and remarkably youthful, mature, traditional Barolo; decanted for 3 hours, which helps explain why it showed so much better than the non-decanted bottle I had at a Bipin Desai tasting earlier in the year; original bottling, not a reconditioned bottle)
(Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva) Bricked light medium red orange color with 3 millimeter clear meniscus; autumnal, tea, light tobacco nose; tart orange, light tobacco palate with medium acidity and grip; long finish
By Richard Jennings
(Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva) Light brown red color with ruby lights and pale meniscus; baked cherry, dried cherry, autumnal nose; a little maderized, ripe cherry, raspberry, dried cherry palate; medium-plus finish 91+ points5/6/2012, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 91 points
By Richard Jennings
(Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva) Bricked medium red color with 1 millimeter clear meniscus; lovely, mature, ethereal, cigar box, roses, mint nose; lovely, silky textured, mature but still relatively youthful, ripe cherry, dried cherry, raspberry, roses, cigar box palate; has 25+ more years to go; long finish 97+ points (a truly satisfying, and remarkably youthful, mature, traditional Barolo; decanted for 3 hours, which helps explain why it showed so much better than the non-decanted bottle I had at a Bipin Desai tasting earlier in the year; original bottling, not a reconditioned bottle)8/3/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 97 points
By Richard Jennings
(Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva) Bricked light medium red orange color with 3 millimeter clear meniscus; autumnal, tea, light tobacco nose; tart orange, light tobacco palate with medium acidity and grip; long finish3/20/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points