Bruno Giacosa - Barbaresco Asili Riserva produced only in the best vintages with the 50-year-old plants in the best vineyard in all of Barbaresco.

Bruno Giacosa – Barbaresco Asili Riserva – 2014

Among the bottles of historic and international level stands out the Barbaresco Asili, few predestined people manage to make certain masterpieces in the world of wine, Bruno Giacosa also succeeded with the other expression of Nebbiolo. In 1996 there was the unmissable opportunity to extend himself by acquiring estates in the Barbaresco appellation, as a good observer and expert he chose the Asili and Rabaja’ vineyards for their innate quality thanks to the soils. The hill of Asili is synonymous with great wines, believed to have always had a vocation because of its southern exposure and sandy soils with layers of silt that give a stellar elegance and complexity that is not to be underestimated, the estate plants here are 40-60 years old with which the Riserva version is made ONLY in precise vintages. Selection of the best grapes, fermentation and maceration on the skins for 30 days in cement vats with aging to follow of 36 months in large oak barrels. You wanted to get the pure tradition of Langa, the classic aromas of red fruit, tobacco and spice but in an unusual and different harmonic way, on the palate it is dynamic of emotions releasing an unparalleled class with refined tannins and perfectly assisted in drinking. Sumptuous!

  • Producer: Giacosa Bruno
  • Name: Barbaresco Asili Riserva
  • Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Alcohol Content: 14,5%
  • Bottle Size: 750 ml
  • Production: 8452 bottles

Productive Notes: vinification in cement vats, aging for 36 months in large oak barrels, plus a stop in the bottle.

Wine naturally contains solphites

345,00€

1 in stock

Description

If one speaks of the Bruno Giacosa winery, one mentions one of the highest realities for quality excellence in the Langa, so much so that it is the world standard-bearer for Barbaresco and Barolo wines. Bruno’s story is very simple and is connected to a particular moment in Italian history, where the crisis and world wars greatly affected the economy of the peasantry. Born in Neive in 1929, the son of farmers and bottlers, he began his path in the world of wine thanks to his father’s teachings, going around the Langa selecting the best grapes. Thanks to this Bruno learned to understand the importance of the exposures of Nebbiolo vineyards and to recognize good grapes from bad ones, so much so that he began making wine for himself a few bottles, which immediately became critically acclaimed for the cleanliness and high quality of the wines. It was only in the 1980s that Bruno bought the first “Falletto” vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba for the production of Barolo; before that, the production of the wines was tied to the purchase of grapes through conferters. Instead, we speak of 1998 for the purchase of the “Asili” vineyard in Barbaresco. His idea was always very clear for the production of wines, so much so that he had such a uniquely defined style that it is still clearly perceptible today: maximum cleanliness, no chemical products in the vineyard, vinification with indigenous yeasts, large woods for aging. Bruno Giacosa taught and gave so much to the Langa wine world first and in the world later thanks to his extreme elegance, longevity, cleanliness and humility

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