2003 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  6/25/2023 - Tree512 wrote: 93 Points

  Loads of upfront complex fruit, intense finish. Tastes more like 2003 than Giacosa Barolo. Would be perfect for a tasting or a rich meat dish like brasato.

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  2/10/2023 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points

  A small gathering at Bryan's (Undisclosed location in McLean, VA): Fully mature nose displaying sweet dry cherries, red cherry, black cherry, cherry compote, plum, tar, rose, licorice, light caramel, leather, sweet spices and earth. Medium concentration, finely layered red fruit, warm and round, medium acidity, earthy mineral, and a medium to long very ripe sweet red and black fruit driven finish with leather at the end. The overripe 03 expression is still present both in the nose as very ripe fruit and the palate as being soft and round. Still enjoyable.

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  12/24/2021 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  There is an immediate impression of power and sweet fruit at the same time the weight of fruit is light and elegant. Perfumed with dried rose petals - wonderful. Long and complex. Drinking now and has plenty of life ahead..

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  11/22/2020 - JWG wrote: 98 Points

  A stupendous expression of Barolo. Interestingly I had their 2003 Barbaresco a couple days ago and while it was delicious, it is significantly lower in greatness compared to this classic barolo. I can't imagine it at much more of a great place in its lifespan. The nose is full of tar, earth, roses -- just keeps on coming. The palate has rich mouth feel, an unctuousness, but at the same time a cutting background acidity that keeps this wine balanced. More earth and dark berries. Tannins are still there to add a good note, but they are pretty integrated, so this is really drinking perfectly now.

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  10/10/2020 - Papies wrote: 91 Points

  Annual Pilgrimage to Piedmont - 2020 Edition; 10/9/2020-10/11/2020 (Piemonte, Italy): Decanted and served blind.
  Very much a Barolo on the aromatics , dark cherry and soft tar. Spice. Was a bit rustic if we have to say and lacked the elegance we expected from Giacosa especially having tried the Roche del Falletto from 2003 ( Papies 94) which always fascinating. 91 for this though

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