Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva [Red Label] 1996 750mL (Slightly Scuffed Label) Bordeaux monumental richness

monumental richness

with beautiful freshness and silky tannins framing the soft-spoken black fruits and earthy layers

Drink it over the next 15-20 years

this is absolutely a 'wow' wine

This is an inky/purple

Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva [Red Label] 1996 750mL (Slightly Scuffed Label) Bordeaux monumental richness"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