Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva [Red Label] 1996 750mL Sine Qua Non sweet red berries

sweet red berries

and not at all exotic

and black currant preserves

it was one of the most impressive wines I tasted in a morning full of great Cabernets

Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva [Red Label] 1996 750mL Sine Qua Non sweet red berries"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