1996 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Asili

Community Tasting Notes (87) Avg Score: 95.9 points

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  2/3/2024 - kenv Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Bring a Great Nebbiolo (Chez Goldberg, Greenwich Village, NYC): [Opened at 8:30am, quick double-decant at around 4pm.] This goes up a notch from the 1990 with all the added power and structure typical of 1996. Black fruit, complex spices, great grip and length. A great wine. Should show well for at least another decade, maybe two.

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  5/24/2023 - Radders12345 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Ian's Birthday Piedmont Extravaganza: Again an amazing perfumed nose - slightly sweet and lifted, very posh leather - a brand new tasteful sports car.
  Fresh and delicious on the palate with excellent delineation. Intoxicating and sensuous while being precise and fresh.

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  5/24/2023 - NickA Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Ian's Piedmont Extravaganza (Noize): Really aromatic nose, full of pretty flowers. The wine had such ease despite each sip bringing intense waves of flavour, and was packed full of beautiful sweet strawberry fruit supported by soft pillowy tannins. Exquisitely enjoyable (AG quite right to call it "a total pleasure bomb"), and group #3 tonight.

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  5/24/2023 - fussyeater wrote: 95 Points

  Ian's Piemonte Celebration Dinner: Looks fresh as a daisy. Nose shows great purity showing dried flowers and red fruits. Medium bodied showcasing sublime fruit with amazing purity and freshness but not lacking in power. Exquisitely balanced with sappy acids. Really complete wine.

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  3/31/2023 - #1 or #2? Likes this wine: 93 Points

  bttl#1895. appearance is dark but clear, v viscous. nose is quite restrained, even with several hours decanting. v lifted, white pepper, red berries, tinge of florals. palate defies its age, bright acidity straight away, strikingly direct and linear, gripping tannins on the close. suspect there’s still upside to this with more bottle age? for now, i’d suggest pairing with sharp cheese or hearty meat and pasta dishes. tonight with osso buco and all the better for it.

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