2011 Barolo, Part 2 – Late Releases (Dec 2015)

Bruno Giacosa’s 2011 Barolo Falletto is soft, open and welcoming, with plenty of vintage 2011 sexiness. Sweet spiced notes meld into dark red stone fruit, mint, sweet tobacco and incense. All things considered, this is a fairly mid-weight, perfumed Barolo from the Falletto vineyard. Although the 2011 isn’t up to very best wines from this site, it is great to see the Bruno Giacosa signature style more or less back. I don’t expect the 2011 to be especially ageworthy, but it is quite beautiful just the same. A Red Label Riserva will follow in a few years.