Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva [Red Label] 1996 750mL Sine Qua Non perhaps just a little austere

perhaps just a little austere compared to its peers

baked plums and blueberry compote scents with touches of Indian spices

juicy black currants

and graphite

and black currant preserves

Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Asili Riserva [Red Label] 1996 750mL Sine Qua Non perhaps just a little austere"The utterly perfect, dense ruby purple colored 1996 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is a heroic offering brilliantly displaying both power and elegance. The bouquet develops incrementally, offering up aromas of black raspberries, cherries, cigar box, licorice, and leather. The wine impresses with its nuances as well as its extraordinarily rich, dense mid palate, and a finish that lasts nearly a minute. There is huge tannin, but equally massive