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Bruno Giacosa Le Rocche del Falletto Riserva Barolo Nebbiolo 2004
The 2004 Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto is off the charts. Sweet roses, menthol, tar, licorice and minerals come together in a sensual, elegant style that recalls Giacosa's legendary 1989 Riserva Collina Rionda, a wine many observers (this one included) place at the top of the hierarchy of all-time legendary Barolos. Ripe, sensual, and utterly spellbinding, the 2004 Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto offers superb elegance and pedigree. At this stage the wine remains surprisingly accessible. Readers will want to taste the 2004 Rocche as soon as possible as it will almost certainly head for a long period of dormancy in the near future. This magical Barolo will likely merit a perfect score in the future. The 2004 Rocche is the last wine Giacosa and former longtime oenologist Dante Scaglione produced together from start to finish and it is an appropriate bookend to a wonderful partnership that yielded so many profound wines... Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Ratings on Delectable
Fraser McKinley 
This is in a beautiful place - 2004
This is in a beautiful place - 2004
9.5
Michael Heintz
Slight cherry cola note in the nose, earthy, truffle like, pale tawny color, lean restrained palate, but delicate and beautiful
Slight cherry cola note in the nose, earthy, truffle like, pale tawny color, lean restrained palate, but delicate and beautiful
9.2
Davis Smith
Sommelier Acquerello
Killing babies
Killing babies
8.8Alex Hughes
2004 Bruno Giacosa Le Rocche Falletto Riserva: pale garnet color with notable tearing. Initial impressions upon opening: Still a little closed. . . medium intensity of cherry, rose petal, balsamic, orange spice herbs (rosemary, oregano), fig, tar, tea, eucalyptus, Beachwood. On the palate, high acid, high alcohol, light-body, really finely grained tannins - polished - and high intensity of flavors echoing the nose but in an ethereal body that feels weightless. The finish is very long. Seems to end but then comes back for a second and third lap. After 2 hr decant: nose opening up - aromas similar but medium (+) to pronounced with an added cola element and anise. After 4 hrs: more tea and forest floor. The second day, it showed a lot more tertiary notes. I enjoyed it most at a 2 hr decant. Overall, it is a brilliantly balanced wine with a ton of complexity and potential. Drinking it this early though is to cut it short. Better to wait another 10+ years and enjoy it at its fullest.
2004 Bruno Giacosa Le Rocche Falletto Riserva: pale garnet color with notable tearing. Initial impressions upon opening: Still a little closed. . . medium intensity of cherry, rose petal, balsamic, orange spice herbs (rosemary, oregano), fig, tar, tea, eucalyptus, Beachwood. On the palate, high acid, high alcohol, light-body, really finely grained tannins - polished - and high intensity of flavors echoing the nose but in an ethereal body that feels weightless. The finish is very long. Seems to end but then comes back for a second and third lap. After 2 hr decant: nose opening up - aromas similar but medium (+) to pronounced with an added cola element and anise. After 4 hrs: more tea and forest floor. The second day, it showed a lot more tertiary notes. I enjoyed it most at a 2 hr decant. Overall, it is a brilliantly balanced wine with a ton of complexity and potential. Drinking it this early though is to cut it short. Better to wait another 10+ years and enjoy it at its fullest.
9.7
Manny Abascal
This was a stubborn wine that despite a double decant and an hour in the glass it did not give much until the end. It’s all in there and when it comes out it will be probably the best Wine I have in my cellar. For now it’s white label counterpart is more generous.
This was a stubborn wine that despite a double decant and an hour in the glass it did not give much until the end. It’s all in there and when it comes out it will be probably the best Wine I have in my cellar. For now it’s white label counterpart is more generous.
9.3
Andrew Cullimore
Still ruby center, lightening garnet rim. Some development but still quite deep. On first opening very closed , lots being held back. After an hour and a half in decanter there is a licorice , spice, strawberry and plum fruit, leather and coffee. For me a sign of a high quality wine is how much it changes and evolves in the glass , this evolved a lot, every time I went back to it I could find something new. With still much hidden with amazing depth, already thinking that this is actually slightly a waste to open now, very young and tight , needs years. Excellent fruit in the mouth, lovely sweet tannins also , but very young. Great enormous length. Black plum , spice, tobacco and coffee , black currant also. An outstanding wine, that requires or more correctly Deserves time. However it wasn’t as impenetrable as I had feared.
Still ruby center, lightening garnet rim. Some development but still quite deep. On first opening very closed , lots being held back. After an hour and a half in decanter there is a licorice , spice, strawberry and plum fruit, leather and coffee. For me a sign of a high quality wine is how much it changes and evolves in the glass , this evolved a lot, every time I went back to it I could find something new. With still much hidden with amazing depth, already thinking that this is actually slightly a waste to open now, very young and tight , needs years. Excellent fruit in the mouth, lovely sweet tannins also , but very young. Great enormous length. Black plum , spice, tobacco and coffee , black currant also. An outstanding wine, that requires or more correctly Deserves time. However it wasn’t as impenetrable as I had feared.
9.7
Pepijn Swinkels
Pepper, spices powerhouse. Long live Ahead
Pepper, spices powerhouse. Long live Ahead
9.6Pepijn Swinkels
Drop laurier smaakbom a live Ahead
Drop laurier smaakbom a live Ahead
9.8
John Van Trijp
No score. Classic Nebbiolo is like Pinot Noir, no fun at all for my palate
No score. Classic Nebbiolo is like Pinot Noir, no fun at all for my palate
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