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Carlo Giacosa, Barbaresco Montefico, 2016

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Carlo Giacosa
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Legendary 2016 Barbaresco from a tiny, often-overlooked family estate. Carlo Giacosa — no relation to the famous Bruno — has been farming five hectares in the Barbaresco commune since the 1950s. Today Maria Grazia (Donato's granddaughter) runs things alongside her son Luca, working a clutch of parcels in the most coveted crus of the village. The family began farming their Montefico parcel in 1992, and 2016 — universally considered one of the great Barbaresco vintages of the modern era — gave them a wine of extraordinary purity. Montefico's iron-rich blue marl produces a more structured, brooding Barbaresco than the village's sweeter sites; nine years on, it's beginning to show its complexity, but there's a long road ahead.

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Wine Spectator

92 points

"Cinnamon and sour cherry aromas introduce this juicy red, whose flavors of cherry, strawberry and wild herbs are matched to a supple texture and sinewy tannins. A little awkward now yet shows balance and length. Best from 2028 through 2043."

Kerin O'Keefe

94 points

"A lovely fragrance composed of wild berry, violet, aromatic herbs and star anise lifts out of the glass along with a whiff of new leather. It's vibrant, focused and savory, delivering juicy Morello cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and roasted coffee bean framed in fine-grained tannins and racy acidity. Drink 2024–2031." —Kerin O'Keefe

More about Carlo Giacosa

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2016

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Sweetness

    Dry

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Carafe an hour before serving. Pour with braised beef short ribs in red wine, tagliatelle al ragù, roast guinea hen with porcini, or the classic Piemontese pairing — vitello tonnato followed by aged Castelmagno cheese drizzled with chestnut honey.

Tasting Profile

Structured, brooding, classical. Rose petal, dried cherry, tar, leather, sweet tobacco, and a deep ferrous undertone from Montefico's iron-rich soils. Tannins still firm, fine-grained, gorgeously framed. A long-distance runner.