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Manage Subscriptions1978 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Speciale Bussia di Monforte
Nebbiolo
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Langhe
- Barolo
Community Tasting Notes 7
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dcwino wrote: 95 points
May 27, 2018 - Giacosa weekend - lunch at Masseria (Masseria, DC): Expressive surprisingly youthful nose displaying dry red fruit, dry cherry, cherry liqueur, fruit cake, still showing ink, anise, tar, tobacco, strong iron, rose, leather and earth. Incredibly youthful palate, layers upon layers of decadent dry red fruit, rich, bright acidity, strong iron mineral, still coarse tannins and a long decadent red fruit and iron driven finish with tobacco and leather at the end. The last bottle from 2015 also came from Paul. This seems more youthful but also a bit coarser.
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tinybubbles wrote: 88 points
November 23, 2015 - Some red fruit and dark floral notes showed little complexity. Perhaps not the most representative bottle.
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dcwino wrote: 96 points
July 16, 2015 - Monumental Barolo dinner - Monfortino, Giacosa, Taurasi and La Romanee (Fleet Street Kitchen - Baltimore, MD): Pop and pour, delicate dry red fruits, red cherries, strawberry, caramel, tree bark and earth. Warm, soft and round palate, delicate sweet red fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and fully resolved tannins. It gains weight with air, strawberry, raspberry and cherry, a hint of iron, cappuccino, cedar, leather and earth. The palate remains warm and round, sweeter red fruits, good acidity and lovely long red fruit driven finish. Compare to the Rionda, this is a lot softer and mature. Really enjoyable wine that you can savor all night. Paul informs that it is the smallest production of the 78 Giacosa red labels.
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cct wrote: flawed
December 20, 2011 - Off bottle. A shame
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jlemerond wrote: 98 points
July 3, 2008 - Beautiful red with some browning at the edges. Incredible, almost brooding nose of goudron, earth, dried roses and cherries. Over time secondary notes of mocha and chocolate emerged. just great aromatic complexity. in the mouth, the acidity and tannins were very well balanced, and it had quite a long finish. I found it to be a little more 'masculine' than most giacosas I have had. It showed no signs of fading even after 3 hours, so while i'm not sure there is much benefit to further cellaring, as its already amazingly complex, I don't think there's any rush to drink remaining bottles.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1978
- Type Red
- Producer Bruno Giacosa
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation Riserva Speciale
- Vineyard Bussia di Monforte
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barolo
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 11 (6%)
- In Cellars 120 (61%)
- Consumed 65 (33%)
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- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
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