Community Tasting Notes 68

• Nanda wrote: 90 points

  November 18, 2023 - Not as complete as the 1997 Santo Stefano or as bright and promising as the 1996 Falletto in the same flight. Ripe and starting to show some pruniness. Good, not great.

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• acyso wrote: 90 points

  November 18, 2023 - Nebbiolos, white truffles, Volume VIII (Chicago, IL): #1701. Double decanted at 10am. More intense and burly than the Santo Stefano, but again showing some of the heat of the vintage. A slight stewy quality here that really detracts from the wine quite a bit. Not entirely muddy or unclean, but this bottle leaned into that direction more than I would have liked.

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• Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 95 points

  October 17, 2023 - Sangiovese or Nebbiolo theme dinner at Solo. Tasted blind. Drank in Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux. Popped and poured and showing well immediately!
  Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour with translucent rim. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of classic sour red cherries, pomegranate, flowers ?roses and later violets too, tar, emerging sour plums. Developed.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), soft integrated almost resolved tannins, just about full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of soft red plums, sour red cherries, tobacco tar, slight sweet tea leaves. Long finish.
  Very very good quality. Drinking at peak now. Nose has an immediate appeal to it, and palate mouthfeel so softly resolved. My guess was Giacosa 1997 but Barbaresco.

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• Hugo Hilde Likes this wine:

  May 24, 2023 - The nose of this particular bottle showed like a 40+ year old Nebbiolo, very nice, but very perplexing. Balsamic strawberries.
  
  The palate was much more true to its age with that lovely Giacosa mouthfeel, fine tannins, yet elegant and very floral with a long, pleasing finish.
  Lovely.

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• MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  March 9, 2023 - Knights of Alba (KOA) Candidate Dinner (Ai Fiori (Langham Hotel on 5th Ave)): During the dinner we talked about the wine that changed the way we thought about Nebbiolo and it was interesting to hear how it was Giacosa for so many folks (me included). This was drinking really well right from they get go and just got better with time in the glass. It was a contender for WOTN for me which is saying something since this is just the white label. Darker fruits and spices and great elegance.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Bruno Giacosa
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Code 8033028341369

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• In Cellars 691 (60%)
• Consumed 453 (40%)

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