


Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva
Barbaresco DOCG, Piemonte
Tasting Notes
Intense red garnet color with orange highlights. Notes of raspberry and wild strawberry are layered with floral aromas of rose and violet. On the palate, good structure is matched with freshness of fruit and silky tannins.
Vintage Notes
Created from a balanced growing season and a summer that was never too hot, 2016 will be a vintage to remember for the quality of the wines produced. Low humidity, no heat spikes and perfectly timed rain resulted in one of the latest harvests in the last few years. The Nebbiolo from this year is full-bodied and fragrant, and the Barolos and Barbarescos are grand wines that will only benefit from extended aging. A classic vintage of old times.
Technical Info
- Grape variety: Nebbiolo
- Subarea: Asili (Village of Barbaresco)
- Area: 2.5 ha
- Vineyard exposure: South and southwest
- Age of vines: 28 years old
- Soil: Calcareous clay with a good percentage of sand
- Vineyard density: 4,200 vines per hectare
- Yield: 45 hL/ha
- Harvest date: October 3, 2016
- Fermentation and maceration: 20 days in stainless steel vats
- Malolactic fermentation: completely developed
- Refinement: 20 months in Botti cask of French oak, 30 months in bottle
- Bottling: August 2018
- Alcohol: 14.50% vol.
- Total acidity: 5.45 g/L
- pH: 3.51
- Total extract: 28.8 g/L
- Optimal period for consumption: 2021-2050
Tasting Notes
Intense red garnet color with orange highlights. Notes of raspberry and wild strawberry are layered with floral aromas of rose and violet. On the palate, good structure is matched with freshness of fruit and sweet, silky tannins.
Vintage Notes
2014 was a classical year regarding the weather and climatically balanced without any extreme heat or rain. Worthy of taking note is the temperature range during the summer between daytime highs and nighttime lows, which favored a good accumulation of aromatic notes in the Nebbiolo variety. The wines produced in this vintage are very fine and elegant, with refined fruit aromas and a medium to high structure.
Technical Info
- Grape variety: Nebbiolo
- Subarea: Asili (Village of Barbaresco)
- Area: 2.5 ha
- Vineyard exposure: South and southwest
- Age of vines: 25 years old
- Soil: Calcareous clay with a good percentage of sand
- Vineyard density: 4,200 vines per hectare
- Yield: 45 hL/ha
- Harvest date: September 30, 2014
- Fermentation and maceration: 15 days in stainless steel vats
- Malolactic fermentation: completely developed
- Refinement: 32 months in 110hL Botti cask of French oak, 18 months in bottle
- Bottling: July 2017
- Alcohol: 14.50% vol.
- Total acidity: 5.65 g/L
- pH: 3.61
- Total extract: 29.7 g/L
- Optimal period for consumption: 2019-2036
Tasting Notes
A very fine and elegant wine with violet, orange peel, and red fruit notes. On the palate, silky tannins frame the long, luxurious finish.
Technical Info
- Grape variety: Nebbiolo
- Alcohol: 14.5% vol.
- Total acidity: 5.70 g/L
- pH: 3.6