Ryan Guy

9.1

Peach fuzz, pineapple, and sea spray. Zippy acid with excellent mid palate weight. Orchard fruits with a pleasantly soapy minerality to finish. Good stuff! Thanks @Ryan Maxwell — 4 years ago

Winston Wolf

9.2

Frank Scali recommendation — 5 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

8.9

16/20 (89/100) Аромат кожи, чёрных ягод, лакрицы и шоколада, при этом фруктовая составляющая выглядит приглушенно. В развитии проявляются ноты табака. Тельное с высокой кислотностью и интенсивными, замшевыми по текстуре танинами. Строгое во вкусе. — 7 years ago

Karoline Elgesem

9.2

Veldig god — 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Beautiful drinking Giacosa that was floral & elegant showing red cherry, leather, sweet tobacco, licorice spice & rose petal. Fully mature that should drink well for many years — 8 years ago

Bret Barker

9.8

My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. -Hedley Lamarr Blazing Saddles My mind was a whirl after drinking this wine.
This is easily one of the best Italian wines I have ever had. The color was taking on that brownish hue and the nose was gorgeous. Red fruit, minerals with silky tannins. It just kept getting better as time went by. The finish was literally a minute long. Amazing! — 8 years ago

Bret Barker

9.6

What a bottle. It evolved over the 2-3 hours it lasted and if I had my way it would have lasted 30 minutes! Opened with more leather tones then a more nutty flavor with light fruit throughout. Very silky but hard to go wrong with giacosa. Easily last another 10-15 years. Great bottle! — 9 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.0

2013 vintage. Strawberry, tart cherry, cranberry, pomegranate, little bit of bubblegum, red flowers, rocks, sage. 50-50 Gamay-Pinot Noir blend from Tuscany. Good finish and fine-grained tannins. — 10 years ago

Jon Maxwell

Founder Veritas Wine Consulting

9.5

Great! Leather-bound books and rich mahogany. — 12 years ago

with Cori

Brennan Anderson

9.6

Day 2 of Santo Stefano...still plenty of tannin, but coming around so nicely! Santo Stefano is incredible... — 13 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.4

Opened 1 hour prior to tasting. Beautiful mature Barolo. Looks like red burgundy. Sappy, resiny aromatics with some herbal notes. Lovely balance here. Long finish. Delicious and complete. Enjoyed with Porcini Risotto. — 5 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Beautiful poise and intensity. A little drying on the finish. — 6 years ago

with Aaron, Walker and 2 others

Martin Sher

9.3

Paired beautifully with a dish covered with truffles. By itself a bit one note. Seemed youthful. — 6 years ago

James Forsyth

9.1

Mid to light bodied with the classic tar and roses you'd expect from Nebbiolo but in the most accessible way possible. Very drinkable. — 7 years ago

Tony Bartos

9.3

Notes of menthol, leather and strawberry with some tartness. This seemed to improve slightly over two days. Great wine. Double decanted over 6 hours in bottle. — 7 years ago

Scott Plambeck

9.5

Enjoyed this on my birthday, At Kahill’s, Delta Hotel, on 21 May 2018. Excellent with food; salad, dates, calamari, New York Strip, Filet, and Blueberry Cheesecake. Tanic, but good. Light fruit nose and mouth. Could still age a few more years. — 8 years ago

B

10

1985 Giacosa Collina Rionda di Serralunga Nebbiolo. Group lunch at Ner w Hrtn, McC. Raisiny and pruney at first. More sweet than I tend to like. But it def mellowed and lost some of that cloying sweetness after some time in the decanted. We only decanted right before drinking and it prob could have used more time opening up. When it did, it was excellent. — 8 years ago

Christine T

9.2

Amazing nose, ripe and sunny. Lovely subtle tannis — 9 years ago

Evan Malik

9.4

White label classic Barolo, anise, truffles and shrooms and Giacosa elegance all the way — 11 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.9

One of the greatest Barolo's that I ever drank! A true legend. — 12 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

Great Barolo that is really drinking well floral & silky on the palate showing notes of dark cherry, strawberry, sweet & savory spices, tar, licorice & rose petal. — 5 years ago

Jason Soloway

8.9

A lot of wine in one glass. Full, foot-on-the-gas dark red fruit, but went down easy. A little hairy chested for Sunday night pizza, but fun nonetheless. — 5 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.0

QvP high. — 6 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Nice looking bottle, TS fill. Brought to Grasings in Carmel, opened/decanted 4 hrs before. Reddish tawny, doesn’t look it’s age. Wow nose. Exotic, attention grabbing. Notes of tea, rose petals, black fruit, some licorice and a little menthol. Ethereal in the mouth. Needed 5+ hrs to show its stuff. Had the staff standing in line for some shared pours. Great showing. At peak but bottles like this one are going to deliver pleasure for another 10 years easily. — 7 years ago

John Osgood

9.0

Austere and tannic. Had hoped for more on the nose. — 8 years ago

Katy Allen

10

Don’t be fooled by its light color. This wine has bold flavor yet is very smooth and soft on the palate. — 8 years ago

Holly Orchard

Certified Sommelier, President of Savvy Cellar Wines Inc.

8.9

Pleasantly surprised, but it definitely needed the right food. It was great with a gnocchi in Parmesan and Gorgonzola sauce. The bright acid cut through the rich cream sauce. Some roasted lamb brought out the herbaceous notes, and once again the lighter body and acid helped to balance the rich dish. It was strange that it paired horribly with a carbonara dish- something about the prosciutto made it musty tasting. I think the key to the enjoyment of this wine is the food pairing, so pair wisely! — 8 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.2

Delicious. 😋 — 9 years ago

Paulette Menniti

9.0

Light and lovely — 12 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.4

One of my favorite everyday wines — 12 years ago