Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2008 Ornellaia’s Sauvignon harvest took place

Ornellaia’s Sauvignon harvest took place in the last week of August in 2016

As good as the Chapelle is

The 1999 Rocche is rich

quince and wild honey

it needs another 5 years or so in the cellar

Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano Vintage:2008 Ornellaia’s Sauvignon harvest took placeHappily, 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