Barolo

Bruno Giacosa is a famous wine producer based in Piedmont, Italy. It is particularly known for its intensely perfumed, textured wines from the Barolo and Barbaresco appellations, made from the Nebbiolo grape variety. Giacosa himself famously began in the wine trade buying grapes for his father's wines at the age of 15. By 1960, he was ready to begin his own business and soon became one of Barbaresco's principal producers. Giacosa's wines are aged in traditional 5000l botti, though these are now made of French rather than the traditional Slovenian oak.

The color is garnet red. On the nose hints of cherries and blackberries, spicy notes such as licorice and strawberry jam. In the mouth the tannin is firm but balanced and elegant where cherry and blackberry stand out.