Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2001 a bit more saturated than

a bit more saturated than the Secundum

This was also relatively reduced and impossible to evaluate

displaying sharp clarity

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

Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2001 a bit more saturated thanHappily, 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