1997 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  5/11/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Italian Night in Jax (La Cena): Wine pulled from storage and I’m not entirely sure that this wasn’t the wrong bottle because it was meant to be an Asili but that was not on the label. The great thing is Giacosa wines from this time period are always awesome and so even if not the single vineyard this was still for some one of the WOTN contenders and certainly drinking very well. I think in the perfect window in age and just that lift that he manages to accomplish with the grape is special. Quite tasty.

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  2/21/2023 - MC2 Wines wrote:

  Knights of Alba (KOA) BYO Barbaresco Dinner (Legacy Records): Out of magnum and unfortunately all sediment so didn’t get to really taste. Pity.

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  1/22/2023 - TWSA wrote: 87 Points

  Nose: tar, hoisin sauce, prune, cherry, dark chocolate
  Notes: Drank together with a Bruno Giacosa Asili Di Barbaresco 2001. Had the first glass after 45 minutes and the wine started off with the relatively stiff aroma of tar and hoisin sauce. A bit of dark fruit started to appear as time went by. Tannins are quite soft for this wine so definitely cellaring further will not bring much benefit to the wine's development anymore. I believe this upcoming 5-8 years will be the final drinking timeframe for this wine. Bruno Giacosa being one of my favorite makers from the region without a doubt makes wonderfully elegant wines , both the wines tonight were estate bottled and the 2001 seems like a fresher, fruitier and long lasting version of the 1997 but fundamentally they are quite similar in nature.
  Drink: now-2031
  Rating: 87

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  5/13/2021 - DemonC2H5OH Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Red brick with pale meniscus, lovely nose of tar, black plum, licorice and dark cherry. Soft, mostly resolved tannins, medium acidity and the only real issue was an initially slightly thin mid palate. However, after an hour or so that filled out quite nicely. Wonderful smooth long finish and excellent length. Still has life ahead of it but perhaps best in next 3-5 years.

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  12/17/2020 - ChambertinMan wrote: 93 Points

  Vibrant red cherry fruit trimmed in pleasing oak. Violets, rose petals with hints of tar, rosemary, oolong tea and gamey aromatics. Vivacious ruby color with only hints of orange edging. Lovely medium weight, bright acidity and incisive mineral drive with gripping yet fine tannins. Entering maturity apogee. A somewhat Burgundian wine without turbidity or stewed notes. Most pleasant.

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