Tasting Notes
Antonio Galloni 99/100
The 2004 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is another stunning wine on a night full of glorious Barolos and Barbarescos. That said, the 2004 is incredibly young. Its precision, however, is impossible to miss. Sweet dark red fruit, spice, blood orange, mint and red flowers flesh out effortlessly. This is so impressive.
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2035
Stephen Tanzer 96+
Good medium red. Very ripe nose melds fresh red fruits, exotic Indian spices (coriander?), marzipan and deep nutty oak. Sweet, layered and deep, with highly concentrated flavors and powerful underlying structure. A wine of uncanny sweetness and breadth: this really coats the entire mouth. Finishes with substantial but suave and ripe tannins and outstanding persistence. This should make a great bottle. It’s easy to see why this is Giacosa’s only riserva Barbaresco from the ’04 vintage. For his part, he describes this one as powerful, while the 2000, which has been a personal favorite of Giacosa’s since the start, is more elegant.
