Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano, 2005 celebration 2023 cut through by superb acidity

cut through by superb acidity that creates tension

This is Mignon’s most precise Chardonnay cuvée—textured

just deeper evolution ahead and a larger format for special occasions

Lighter in color and structure than Gahier's Grands Vergers

Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Santo Stefano, 2005 celebration 2023 cut through by superb aciditySanto Stefano in Neive was Bruno Giacosa's home cru, a parcel within the Albesani MGA from which he made Barbaresco for decades under a long lease from the Stupino family. The 2005 is widely considered the last of the great Giacosa Santo Stefanos, a wine that captures Giacosa and longtime winemaker Dante Scaglione at the height of their powers before the stroke that shook the cantina in 2006. This is a white label release, which in Giacosa's hierarchy