While it's an incredible tasting experience today
this is absolutely a 'wow' wine
licorice and spices wrap around the deeply resonant finish
it should evolve for 30+ years
with beautiful freshness and silky tannins framing the soft-spoken black fruits and earthy layers
Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva [Red Label] 1996 750mL (Slightly Scuffed Label) Bordeaux While it's an incredible tasting"The utterly perfect, dense ruby purple colored 1996 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is a heroic offering brilliantly displaying both power and elegance. The bouquet develops incrementally, offering up aromas of black raspberries, cherries, cigar box, licorice, and leather. The wine impresses with its nuances as well as its extraordinarily rich, dense mid palate, and a finish that lasts nearly a minute. There is huge tannin, but equally massive