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Giacosa

Perhaps the greatest compliment I could confer on Bruno Giacosa is that there are no wines in the world I buy without tasting first, except for those of one producer - the Professor of Nebbiolo. ROBERT PARKER

Despite the influence of a host of truly great winemakers in Piedmont over the past 40 years, including the likes of Gaja, Sandrone, and Clerico, there is a good argument to say that Bruno Giacosa is the greatest winemaker of his generation.

Certainly there is no argument about the consistency of his breathtaking Barbaresco's and Barolo's; they are sublime traditional nebbiolo's that capture the aromatic purity and ethereal qualities of the variety like few others. He has made these wines exploiting contracts with the best local growers (a practice that has become more difficult in recent years with the growth of grower producers) and his own vineyards across both Barbaresco and Barolo sub-zones. These are arguably the greatest wines from the zone and we highly recommend them to you. PWS

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