Bruno Giacosa – Nebbiolo d’Alba – 2021

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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.