2014 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  4/30/2023 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 92 Points

  Good and balanced but I’m just never excited about Giacosa wines for the price. Medium body with cherry, rose and mineral. Moderate acid and tannin typical for a 14. Drink or hold.

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  1/2/2021 - HL Pong Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Air for 1.5 hrs
  
  Appearance : medium ruby, with beautiful legs and petillance
  
  On nose : medium+ intensity, red fruit : sour cherry, very significant tobacco, lichorice, red rice, floral: rose petal, leather, vanilla oak, very comfortable aroma
  
  On palate : high acidity, high and fine tannin, sour cherry, tomato leaf, tea leafiness on front palate, lichorice, tobacco, high alcohol(14% abv), but not throat burning to the mid palate. The acidity sustain aftertaste with subtle of mineral and savoury. Full body with Med+ finishing.
  
  This wine should be opened 5 more years later and lots of potential as the acidity and the tannin provide a very prominent backbone of this wine. This is a premium quality and elegant wine. U may still enjoy now but just like a shy girl with a bit make up, approachable now. One may find that red rice can be matched with this wine wonderfully. Last but not least, pan fried pork chop is a good choice as well!
  Cheers!

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  3/11/2020 - BillyT wrote: 92 Points

  Infanticide but wanted to assess early in its evolution. Exploding with cherries and very well balanced between acidity and tannins. It did require 30-40 minutes being open, without decanting, to open up and soften. Probably should decant if opening any time soon. The one showed just the right weight on the pallete and was a good deal of purity yet approachable does require bottle time to mature to its fullest. I would not have a problem drinking now with a good 'double' decant but it will be worth the weight over the next several years. 92 today with potential to go higher.

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  10/29/2019 - acyso wrote: 88 Points

  Giacosa tasting at Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe (Northbrook, IL): That this came after the 2014 Asili red label was probably unfair, but it also makes clear how different the quality was between the two regions. Frankly, this just isn't a very clean wine, and there's a funky dirtiness that just doesn't seem right in nebbiolo. The palate too has some of these dirtiness issues, and it's generally pretty thin with slightly shrill acids too.

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