Conrad Green
From mag. A gorgeous and lush expressive nose. Roses, black cherry, hints of licorice. A gorgeous wine. Detail and focus and amazing expansive flavors with a glorious long finish. Amazing
From mag. A gorgeous and lush expressive nose. Roses, black cherry, hints of licorice. A gorgeous wine. Detail and focus and amazing expansive flavors with a glorious long finish. Amazing
9.7Mike Saviage
Tasted blind alongside another bagged bottle. This is light, thin reddish amber in color. Looks very old. Has a perfumed nose with notes of maraschino cherries, clove, tea, roses, some anise, some cinnamon. Very feminine and high pitched. As old as it looks in the glass, it gains weight with more air - even though we're told it's been in a decanter for 9+ hours already. Great structure and fruit vs acidity balance. Easy to guess as old Italian, but I go back to 60's Monfortino with my guess. The next morning I can still smell and taste this wine. Loved this.
Tasted blind alongside another bagged bottle. This is light, thin reddish amber in color. Looks very old. Has a perfumed nose with notes of maraschino cherries, clove, tea, roses, some anise, some cinnamon. Very feminine and high pitched. As old as it looks in the glass, it gains weight with more air - even though we're told it's been in a decanter for 9+ hours already. Great structure and fruit vs acidity balance. Easy to guess as old Italian, but I go back to 60's Monfortino with my guess. The next morning I can still smell and taste this wine. Loved this.
9.7Conrad Green
Wow. A really seductive nose with wild strawberry, dark tobacco and dense plummy fruit. Sweet and soulful but with a gloriously expansive middle. Really lovely stuff.
Wow. A really seductive nose with wild strawberry, dark tobacco and dense plummy fruit. Sweet and soulful but with a gloriously expansive middle. Really lovely stuff.
9.8Jimmy Hayes
Estate Director Mayacamas Vineyard
Brown bag, red label. This was a curiosity that needed air. Wish I could have let this sit in a decanter for a day before drinking it. Lots of VA covering up the details. Underneath there's a beautiful wine somewhere. Very classic. Cherry, leather, licorice, clove. #giacosa
Brown bag, red label. This was a curiosity that needed air. Wish I could have let this sit in a decanter for a day before drinking it. Lots of VA covering up the details. Underneath there's a beautiful wine somewhere. Very classic. Cherry, leather, licorice, clove. #giacosa
9.2David Speer
Serious wine but definitely showing its age
Serious wine but definitely showing its age
9.0B
1990 Giacosa Santo Stefano di Neive Barbaresco. LACMA group lunch. Massive inconsistencies in the bottles. Two had premox, but other two were perfect.
1990 Giacosa Santo Stefano di Neive Barbaresco. LACMA group lunch. Massive inconsistencies in the bottles. Two had premox, but other two were perfect.
10Jean-Francois Pelletier
Garnet with a medium brown rim. Roses and cherries on the nose, with tar and mushroom notes. Medium body, with great acidity and very long finish. Excellent.
Garnet with a medium brown rim. Roses and cherries on the nose, with tar and mushroom notes. Medium body, with great acidity and very long finish. Excellent.
9.5Wiremu Andrews
Loads of tertiary flavours evident, but plenty of drive and vitality remains.
Loads of tertiary flavours evident, but plenty of drive and vitality remains.
9.6Location
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