Carlo Giacosa 2021 Barbaresco Classico REGION: Trentino Alto-Adige

REGION: Trentino Alto-Adige

From their charming compound in Vallegranda in Treiso

CHARACTER: dry complex red

crafting pure wines of age-ability

Christoph Kunzli and his team work a scant 8 hectar of vines in the ancient volcanic soils of Boca in the Colline Novaresi of Alto-Piemonte

Carlo Giacosa 2021 Barbaresco Classico REGION: Trentino Alto-AdigeIts a tragedy I have yet to visit Carlo Giacosa, a wrong I intend to right on my next trip to Piemonte. Their wines are underrated and quite accessible in their youth. His 2021 Barbaresco is intense, spicy and powerfully fragrant, showcasing the backbone and fleshy character of the vintage. It has more overt cherry fruit and reveals its oak more than my Cantina del Pino 2021, a great contrast for two classico bottlings. Carlo Giacosa, an original