Winery Grasso Fratelli - Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva

Winery Grasso FratelliBarbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva of Winery Grasso Fratelli is a red wine from the region of Barbaresco of Piémont.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva from the Winery Grasso Fratelli

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva of Winery Grasso Fratelli in the region of Piémont is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva of Winery Grasso Fratelli in the region of Piémont often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Grasso Fratelli's Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva.

Winemaker
Gianfranco Cordero
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Nebbiolo

A very old grape variety grown in the Italian Piedmont. It has a great resemblance with the Freisa, which also comes from the same Italian region. Among the various massal selections made in Italy, we find lampia, michet and rosé. It can be found in Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico, the United States (California), Australia, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, perhaps because it is a delicate and demanding grape variety with, among other things, a fairly long phenological cycle.

Last vintages of this wine

Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva - 2011
In the top 100 of of Barbaresco wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Barbaresco Giacosa Spessa Riserva from Winery Grasso Fratelli are 2011

Informations about the Winery Grasso Fratelli

The winery offers 26 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barbaresco in the region of Piémont

The Winery Grasso Fratelli is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Barbaresco to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Piémont
In the top 30000 of of Italy wines
In the top 750 of of Barbaresco wines
In the top 95000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barbaresco

The wine region of Barbaresco is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gaja or the Domaine Roagna produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Barbaresco are Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Barbaresco often reveals types of flavors of cherry, baking spice or dried herbs and sometimes also flavors of balsamic, black olive or hibiscus.


The wine region of Piémont

Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with Provence, France.

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The word of the wine: Cinsault

Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.

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