WineSpectator Review:
Delivers subtle and focused aromas of crushed ripe strawberry, with hints of dried mushroom and dried flowers. Fullbodied, with big, juicy, velvety tannins and loads of ripe, sweet fruit. Needs time to come together. Voluptuous. Open. Best after 2011.
Parker Review:
Giacosas 2004 Barbaresco Santo Stefano is a superb wine. Sweet, floral, mentholated aromatics meld into an expressive core of ripe fruit, with superb length and elegant tannins to round out the finish. Made in a more linear style than the Asili and Rabaja, it doesnt possess the expansiveness of those two wines, but it does reveal tremendous depth, harmony and balance. This pure, sweet, long Barbaresco is the best Santo Stefano in years. Anticipated maturity 2010 to 2022.
Tanzer Review:
Moderately saturated medium red. Explosive aromas of tobacco, dried flowers, minerals and iron. Juicy, spicy and enticingly floral, with a refreshing quality to its precise flavors of brown spices, leather, mocha and earth. Finishes with a fine dusting of tannins and subtle suggestions of minerals, smoke and marzipan. Id give this another year or two in the bottle before even thinking of pulling the cork.
