Bruno Giacosa Falleto Asili Riserva, Barbaresco 2020 Chianti Asian spices

Asian spices

licorice and pencil lead plus a waft of garrigue

and crushed flowers

The 2023 Cervaro della Sala opens to an elegantly reductive note of flint or crushed granite before sliding gracefully into silky fruit sensations

It's one of the finest vintages to date for the cuvée and offers fabulous blackberry

Bruno Giacosa Falleto Asili Riserva, Barbaresco 2020 Chianti Asian spicesGorgeous perfumes of flowers and dark fruit with orange peel. Full bodied with plenty of fruit and firm and integrated tannins. Thick silky texture. Fresh in the finish. It goes on for minutes. Available in 2025. 98 Pts James Suckling