Wine & Spirits
Two Barberas from Braida di Giacomo Bologna
- Item Number
- 447
- Estimated Value
- 110 USD
- Sold
- 45 USD to dia99
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Italian wine expert, Tom Hyland, explains Giacomo Bologna offers, “three top-end bottlings of Barbera d’Asti: Bricco dell’Uccellone, Bricco della Bigotta and Ai Suma. The last, meaning, “I’ve got it,” in local dialect is a wine made from very late harvested grapes and has a notable ripe quality when young, yet rounds out nicely with several years in the bottle. The other two wines have rightly been celebrated as among the finest of all Barbera; from year to year, the press has favored one or the other – Uccellone from older vineyards and displaying greater intensity, while Bigotta is generally a bit lighter on the palate, though this is all relative, as it is a deeply concentrated wine in its own right. Win this lot to sample the 1998 Bricco dell Uccellone with raspberry and dried brown herb aromas; notable acidity- wonderfully elegant. And the 1997 Ai Suma Maple and dried coffee aromas with a light raisiny note; excellent concentration with notable grip in the finish. Though 1997 was not as great a year in Piemonte that some have proclaimed, it was ideal for this late-harvest wine.
Donated By:
Mark Roberts
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