1989 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (71) Avg Score: 95.8 points

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  2/28/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points

  Acker "Paulee" Burgundy Dinner (Capital Seafood - Beverly Hills CA): Paulée style dinner. Decanted for several hours. Mostly mature red fruits, very perfumed and well spiced. Perfectly balanced, nicely combining maturity and freshness, good weight.

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  12/15/2023 - lgkurta Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Beautiful wine. Has a couple of decades left.

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  10/20/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 93 Points

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  A bit over his top but still enjoyable. Tar, violet and black cherries. 93

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  7/16/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:

  A Summer Giacosa Dinner (Spinasse, Seattle): Double decanted 6 hours earlier. Light red with browning, watery rim. As with some other older Giacosa’s, a burnt rubber aromatic component that was offputting and never went away. Underneath, an excellent wine with piquant acidity, dark red fruit, and some tar that is largely resolved. I have had 2 better bottles of this.

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  2/20/2023 - fclarity wrote: 95 Points

  Tasted blind, this wine had a deep red center with redish rims. The medium intensity nose of cherries, roses, tar, and soil was still a little tight.
  
  In the mouth, this wine was medium+ bodied with substantial tannin, firm acidity, and excellent length.
  
  This wine scored in the 93 pt range when first poured (after 3+ hours of air) and it slowly improved over the course of several hours. This is a classic example of Giacosa being best if tasted immediately after opening OR after sitting in a decanter for 12 hours. Thus, I don't think I saw this one at its best.
  
  I personally favor the later approach. This is likely to improve by a couple of points after a decade in the cellar and will last many decades after that.

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