Winemaker Notes
Intense ruby red color with garnet hues. The nose is very intense and rich, with aromas of ripe red fruits, like cherry and currant, together with sweet spices and light tobacco. Warm, full-bodied on the palate, with great balance, pleasant minerality, and a long, fruity and spicy finish.
Excellent with elaborate first courses, especially with meat sauce, truffles, or porcini mushrooms. Ideal with roasted and braised meat, white meat, game, and aged or strong cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2022 Barbaresco Giacosa is laced with crushed flowers, macerated cherry, cinnamon, orange peel and new leather. It offers lovely complexity and fine balance, all in an understated style that is quite attractive. A step forward for proprietor Enzo Rapalino.
Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo, named for the ubiquitous autumnal fog (called nebbia in Italian), is the star variety of northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area, as well as in the neighboring Valle d’Aosta and Valtellina, it reaches its highest potential in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. Outside of Italy, growers are still very much in the experimentation stage but some success has been achieved in parts of California. Somm Secret—If you’re new to Nebbiolo, start with a charming, wallet-friendly, early-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba.
