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Anselma Giacomo, Barolo Vigna Rionda, 1996

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Anselma Giacomo
$149.99
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A museum piece from one of Piemonte's most legendary classical vintages. Anselma Giacomo is a Serralunga family estate whose central holding in Vigna Rionda places them among a tiny circle of producers working what is widely considered the appellation's most prized cru: south-facing, calcareous-clay slopes that yield Barolo's most powerful and ageworthy expressions. The estate, founded by Felice Anselma and built up by Giacomo in the 1940s, remains thoroughly traditional, with long macerations in cement, aging in Slavonian botti, and an antique manual press still in active use. The 1996 vintage was a benchmark classical year, prized for tension and longevity. Twenty-nine years on, this is a fully resolved collector's bottle in its late prime, the kind of mature Barolo serious cellars are built around.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    1996

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Treat with reverence: simply roasted game bird, brasato al Barolo, truffle-shaved risotto, aged Parmigiano, or a board of well-aged Piemontese cheeses. Stand the bottle upright a day ahead and decant carefully just before serving.

Tasting Profile

Dried rose, sweet truffle, dried cherry, leather, sweet tobacco, tar, and forest floor unfold in waves. Tannins long since resolved; classical Serralunga power transformed into ethereal, savory complexity with a long, late-prime finish.

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