Corino Giovanni

Juicy unoaked Barbera from Annunziata La Morra vineyards enveloped in rich, silky fruit, this shows great poise, polish and lightness of touch, pure expressive fruit flavours of raspberry, loganberry griotte cherry and suggestion of cranberry.
WA 86

Produced from Annunziata la Morra fruit only and aged in steel tank, this shows aromatic, luminous, dazzling fruit, simple but so expressive and fruity, enticing flavours of damson, plum and cherry wrapped in soft, fluffy tannins.

Vinification and ageing: Maceration on the skins for three days in steel vats. Maturation in steel.

Colour: Light ruby red
Nose: Fruity, typical of Nebbiolo
Flavour: Fruity, fresh, supple tannins
Serving suggestions: Rice and pasta dishes with meat sauce
Average no. bottles/year: 3500
Suggested serving temperature (degrees °C): 18
Alcohol %: 14.5
Dry extract g/l : 27.9
Acidity g/l : 5.5
Grape yield per hectare quintals: 70
Vintage: 2007

Tasting Note for L’Insieme, Vino da Tavola

A Nebbiolo, Barbera, Merlot and Cabernet Sauivgnon blend aged in new oak barriques. A robust, ripe and lusty blend packed full of cool, crushed blackcurrant flavours firmed up by a thick backbone of fine, ripe tannins, finishing strongly on notes of cedar and cracked pepper.

WA 92

This Domaine will sadly be splitting in two as from the 2003 vintage, the Corino brothers Renato and Giuliano going their separate ways. Renato aged the 2004s in the estate’s original cellars but will have completed his own by the time the 2005s come along. These are some of the most successful Barolos in what is a very great vintage. Pure, linear and precise wines, they demonstrate all that is beautiful about La Morra and the 2001 vintage. Giuliano regards 2000 a very good vintage, too, “it has all of the virtues of the 1997s without the vices, being generous and seductively ripe but more restrained and with higher acids.
WA  93
WS  94

A perfectly balanced wine with total integration of acidity, tannin and wood. It features elegant fruit, low-acidity and excellent structure.

Wine Advocate Corino’s 2004 Barolo Vigna Giachini reveals superb clarity and definition in its layered black cherry fruit, showing outstanding persistence on the palate, refined tannins and beautifully well-integrated oak. This vibrant, pure Barolo is a terrific effort from Giuliano Corino. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2024. Score: 95. —Antonio Galloni, December 2007.

WS 95

Wonderful sweet fruit aromas, rich and powerful, an intense savoury concentration of flavour underlays a palate bursting with racy, mouth-watering small berry flavours, notes of forest and summer fruit, and crushed, ripe currants, supported by a firm but ripe tannic backbone. Superb.
WA 92   WS  94

The Vecchie Vigne is a blend of old vines from Rocche and Giachini aged in more new oak than for the regular Crus, about 80% for the 2001. This is a colossal, full-blooded wine that strikes an excellent balanced between richness and acidity. It offers bold but precise flavours of blackberry and chocolate, aswell as fresher red fruit suggestions, with notes of oak spice on the finish.
WS 93
Magnum   $  260.76  only 3 btl ava.