2005 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Le Rocche del Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (54) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  11/6/2023 - fclarity wrote: 95 Points

  Tasted at Castello Di Casole, this wine had a very deep red center with orange/tawny right at the rims. I gave this one 10 hours of air and afterwards the medium intensity nose offered up plum, roasted chestnuts, tar, minerals, and a hint of camphor.
  
  In the mouth, this wine was fruity with an attractive structure of light rounded tannins and good acidity. The tannins were light and silky and the wine was subtly long.
  
  It got better and better with air. This is great now with food and will continue to age well for decades. However, don’t expect a blockbuster.

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  7/12/2023 - Yagil wrote: 93 Points

  Piemonte - mature Barolo & Barbaresco (at my home): very good to excellent - a great elegant Barolo

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  4/30/2023 - sdonahue Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Spectacular with two hour decant

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  1/28/2023 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points

  This has a serious plum and black cherry nose with intense violets, asphalt, smoke, and toasted herbs. Ripe, rich fruit is still pure and fresh. Tannins are gritty but not out of proportion with the fruit - so it all hangs together. Young and not yet at peak, though this provides plenty of pleasure on a snowy winter evening. While 2005 is the tail end of Giacosa’s heyday, this wine is comfortably dialed in to the silky and pure house style.

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  12/31/2022 - mrmikemtr Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Major deductions for wpr - definitely not worth the money. Drinking well. Decanted for 2-3 hours. Cola, a smidge of forest floor. Really not impressed.

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