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Carlo Giacosa - Barbaresco Asili

Carlo Giacosa - Barbaresco Asili

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Format

Great elegance, broad and floral bouquet with sweet fruity notes. Suitable for accompanying risottos or meat. It is also pleasant with cheeses and for consumption outside of mealtimes.

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Wine profile

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Origin Barbaresco
Classification DOCG
Serving temperature 61-64 °F

Blend composition

Grape breakdown

Nebbiolo 100%

Tasting profile

  • Great elegance
  • Broad and floral bouquet
  • Sweet fruity notes

Food pairings

  • Accompanies risottos or meat
  • Pleasant with cheeses
  • Consumption outside of mealtimes

The story

Asili is one of Giacosa's historic vineyards, purchased by Carlo in 1964, the year he got married. The parcel of land here is exposed to the south and south-west. Initially planted partly with Barbera and partly with Nebbiolo, it was later converted entirely to Nebbiolo.

For many years Giacosa blended the grapes grown here with those from other vineyards but in 2018 they decided to vinify them as a single-vineyard wine, creating their Barbaresco Asili.

Winemaking

From vineyard to bottle

Harvest

Crushed and destemmed before fermenting on skins in temperature-controlled steel tanks

Barrel

After drawn off and partially cleared, the wine ages in French oak barrels