1996 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Villero di Castiglione Falletto

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  5/22/2023 - devraj Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Classic light reddish orange in color. Soaring aromatics of spices, dried rose petals and orange peel, candied raspberries and hint of balsamic notes on the nose. A silky and at the same time dense palate shows sweet dried red fruits, soil tones, melting tannins, medium (+) acidity and a long perfumed, sensual finish. What a great last Villero made by Giacosa.

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  8/7/2022 - Eric wrote:

  Piemonte at Madison Park How to Cook a Wolf (Seattle, WA, USA): Lots of VA. Wowza, this has LOTS of structure! Mmm, air really serves this one well. This is endlessly deep and focused and continually improved throughout the night.

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  7/13/2022 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points

  At a wine dinner in NYC @ Marta. This was beautifully open and radiant, seems to be in a perfect spot right now. Notes of sweet red berries, but also some dark plum, florals, sweet spices, a touch of smoke, tar, truffle, also some menthol and cedar wood. It‘s full-bodied, has pretty high acidity and still quite some (medium+) tannin but it‘s nicely integrated. Very good length. This is a superb Barolo that is peak-drinking now from my perspective. This bottle seemed even better than the last one I had the privilege to taste.

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  7/13/2022 - Diane (LI) wrote:

  At first, I found it surprisingly advanced. A little air, and the sweet Giacosa fruit emerged. Tannins are fully resolved, and if you have it, you should drink it.

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  11/13/2021 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 91 Points

  Here is where I may depart from the consensus. I liked this wine more years ago when the waves of silky cherry fruit were still in ascendance. The wine today is like your grandmothers sewing room. Lots of tertiary notes of lacquer and dried flowers, etc. Has a real umami, soy-like quality to the fruit, which is more like a dried cherry and plum spread. Tannins have mostly faded. FWIW, I've owned this bottle since release and only the wine end of the cork was stained so this should be as pristine a bottle as there is.

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