2000 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (117) Avg Score: 93.0 points

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  3/31/2024 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points

  6-7 hours in a decanter. Gorgeous aromas of plum, licorice, florals and tar notes. Silky and refined on the palate with sneaky power throughout. Long finish. Still just barely in its peak drinking window with a long life ahead and upside from here.

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  1/23/2023 - LayTan wrote: 88 Points

  Opened last night, very much in line with previous reviewer Liber's notes. This tasted overly aged, already on its downward decline which is surprising for a barolo from a good vintage. Palette lacks the bouquet and complexity one would expect of a barolo especially from a known producer like Bruno Giacosa but nada. Overall quite a disappointment considering the price. Not sure if it's bottle variation but we clearly didn't get any of the fruit or floral characteristics described by the other reviewers.

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  1/6/2023 - liber Likes this wine: 90 Points

  3rd of 6, decanted 2 hours, perfect cork and level, last bottle in 2019 seemed backward and unready, this bottle seems prematurely aged, brown rimmed, attractive and complex on nose but watery and lacking grip on palate, in fact a bit simple with fruit in retreat and harsh tannins prominent, disappointing for a Giacosa wine, may be a phase but I wouldn't be too sure, probable downside but no real rush. VGI (17).

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  12/24/2022 - melvinyeowq wrote: 94 Points

  Lunch at Come-Into Chiuchow Restaurant with Louis: My contribution. Had a deep, attractive floral nose like the Cerbaiona the day before, everyone managed to identify this as an Italian but thought it was a Brunello. The palate took a couple of hours to open up to show a beautiful elegance and silky tannins that only the best producers have. Ripe and sweet dark fruit with potpourri and tea leaves. Loved the intensity of the wine, definitely my best experience of Giacosa thus far.

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  11/12/2022 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  Nebbiolos, white truffles, Volume VII (Chicago, IL): No. 14362. This shows a similarity in ripeness to the 1997, but I think the fruit overall is a lot more clear and crystalline here. The fruit is sweeter and more plump in comparison to the slightly more acidic 2001, so in some sense this sits in the happy medium between the 1997 and 2001. Quite charming and more heart-on-its-sleeve than a great bottle of Giacosa, this drinks very, very well right now, to the point that I wouldn't be concerned about opening any of mine (if I still had any).

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