Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano other_regions_italy There's a dusty or earthy

There's a dusty or earthy quality as well with crushed stone and mineral

The 2010 Valandraud has a well-defined bouquet

This old school effort is running out of fruit faster than the structure is resolving so I would suggest drinking up

where the soils are not the usual slate

This is classic Clos du Roi with the hallmark intense sauvage character that suffuses this wine from head to toe

Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano other_regions_italy There's a dusty or earthyHappily, 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