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Barbaresco Albesani Vigno Santo Stefano Giacosa 2011

HED82963 75cl 14%
Bruno Giacosa is one of Italy’s legendary winemakers who crafted some of the most prestigious single-vineyard Barolo and Barbaresco wines during his lifetime. This 2011 Barbaresco Albesani Vigna Santo Stefano had ample time to flesh out over the last years of bottle aging. The wine opens to sun-dried strawberries and raspberries. It shows a reasonably good level of freshness and acidity. The tannin structure delivers a smooth, silky quality and the wine also displays pleasant aromas of wet earth and black truffle.
2011
Red
Piedmont, Italy
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Bruno Giacosa

Bruno Giacosa

Born in 1945, Bruno Giacosa began working at his father's wine cellar at the age of 16. Without formal training, Bruno rose to become one of Italy's greatest winemakers, producing some of Piedmont's most iconic reds. Producing both Barolo and Barbaresco, Bruno focussed heavily on sourcing fruit from the finest crus in the area. The estate only began building up vineyard holdings in the early 1980s and today have around 20 hectares under vine.

Bruno passed away in 2018 and since then the winery has been managed by his daughter Bruna who continues the traditional of careful winemaking and terroir-focussed grape selection. Since 2012 the winery have produced Barolo and Barbaresco entirely from estate-grown fruit. In extra special vintages a red-label Reserva is bottled, representing the very peak of fine Piedmontese winemaking. The purity of the fruit is the primary concern the team at Giacosa, ageing takes place in large, untoasted inactive barrels for around 20 months.

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