Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2001 as I had an opportunity

as I had an opportunity to spend several hours tasting through all of the wines in barrel with proprietor Roberto Conterno

Surprisingly there is a touch of menthol on the still youthfully fresh and bright nose of mostly red berry fruit

This was also relatively reduced and impossible to evaluate

Drink 2016-2040

Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2001 as I had an opportunityHappily, the 2011 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Albesani Vigna Santo Stefano had no such issues, and confirmed itself as a wine of early appeal loaded with easy charm. Its drinking beautifully right now, a refined and silky quaff redolent of ripe red cherry and rose petal aromas and flavors, though this specific bottle seemed a little more evolved compared to other bottles of this wine I have tried recently. Ian D'Agata