Red Wine: 1996 | Bruno Giacosa | Falletto Riserva (Magnum)

The 1996 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto (Magnum) is a highly acclaimed wine, often described as a powerful, elegant, and complex Barolo.

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Producer: Bruno Giacosa

Vintage: 1996

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 14%

Varietal: Nebbiolo

Country/Region: Italy, Piedmont

The 1996 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto (Magnum) is a highly acclaimed wine, often described as a powerful, elegant, and complex Barolo. It’s known for its intense perfume, remarkable structure, and ability to evolve beautifully over decades. The wine exhibits a deep garnet/ruby color and a nose of black cherry, licorice, tar, and earth, with a tightly wound core of fruit that opens up with time.

Producer Information

Bruno Giacosa is a famous wine producer based in Piedmont, Italy. It is particularly known for its intensely perfumed, textured wines from the Barolo and Barbaresco appellations, made from the Nebbiolo grape variety. Giacosa himself famously began in the wine trade buying grapes for his father’s wines at the age of 15. By 1960, he was ready to begin his own business and soon became one of Barbaresco’s principal producers, along with Gaja and the Produttori del Barbaresco cooperative. In 1964, Giacosa was the first producer in Piemonte to bottle a single vineyard “cru” from the Santo Stefano vineyard. Giacosa’s standards remained high throughout the 2000s: the 2006 and 2010 wines were sold off in bulk as they were not seen as being up to standard, even though most producers did not regard these as poor years. Accordingly, Bruno Giacosa wines are among the most expensive of their kind. Many of Bruno Giacosa’s wines come from trusted growers, rather than estate vineyards. However, in the early 1980s, the house purchased the Falletto vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba and a winery was built in Neive. That was followed by plots in La Morra, and in parts of Barbaresco. The vineyard holdings now total 20 hectares (50 acres), and wines made from these vineyards are labeled ‘Azienda Agricola Falletto’. Wines from partner growers feature the phrase “Casa Vinicola” on labels. Giacosa’s wines are aged in traditional 5000l botti, though these are now made of French rather than the traditional Slovenian oak. In exceptional years, wines may be released as Riservas which are given a red label. Bruno Giacosa achieved legendary status in Piedmont, he sadly passed away in 2018 at the age of 88.