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1989 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba
Nebbiolo
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Langhe
- Barolo
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Community Tasting Notes 71
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Burgundy Al wrote: 93 points
February 28, 2024 - 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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lgkurta Likes this wine: 95 points
December 15, 2023 - Beautiful wine. Has a couple of decades left.
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aquacongas wrote: 93 points
October 20, 2023 - blind
A bit over his top but still enjoyable. Tar, violet and black cherries. 93 -
drwine2001 wrote:
July 16, 2023 - 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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fclarity wrote: 95 points
February 20, 2023 - 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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By Antonio Galloni
Bruno Giacosa Dinner at Legacy Records (Aug 2023), 8/1/2023 (link)(Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto di Serralunga Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2018, Issue #73, In a Piemonte State of Mind Another Round of Barolo, Barbaresco & Friends(Barolo “Falletto di Serralunga” Riserva- Bruno Giacosa) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Vinous Tasting Group - The Wines of Bruno Giacosa (Aug 2017), 8/1/2017 (link)(Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto Di Serralunga D'alba Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2017, Issue #68, Another Nod To the Maestro of Piemonte Bruno Giacosa In the Autumn Of a Great Career(Barolo “Falletto di Serralunga” Riserva- Bruno Giacosa) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
La Festa del Barolo: Rare Wine Charity Dinner (Jul 2013) (link)(Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Piedmont’s Glorious 1989 and 1990 Vintages Revisited (Feb 2010) (link)(Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
Hong Kong Diaries, 10/4/2009(Giacosa Barolo Falleto Riserva) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
Top 100 Preview, Giacosa, Gaja and more, 5/30/2005(Bruno Giacosa Barolo .Falleto Riserva.) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1989
- Type Red
- Producer Bruno Giacosa
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation Riserva
- Vineyard Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barolo
- UPC Code 8033028341369
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 12 (1%)
- In Cellars 817 (72%)
- Consumed 305 (27%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
91% Like It 11 votes
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