Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2001 this is to Bin 707

this is to Bin 707 as RWT is to Grange

and coffee bean

cedar and sweet pipe tobacco gradually open up in a wine that is more giving on the palate than it is in its aromatics

Drink 2016-2040

occasionally other Echézeaux is added from purchases but in 2018 this is a domaine wine)

Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2001 this is to Bin 707Happily, 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