19 wines 
Wine area
Langhe
The hill country south of Alba that grows Barolo, Barbaresco and the everyday Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Barbera bottlings sold under the Langhe DOC umbrella.
Bruno Giacosa
Bruno Giacosa is a Piedmontese house at Neive, in the Barbaresco hills. Bruno's grandfather Carlo started it in 1900, and Bruno himself spent sixty years making some of the most admired Barolo and Barbaresco in Italy. His daughter Bruna runs it now. For most of his life he bought grapes rather than owning vines, and knew exactly which rows to buy. The Falletto vineyard at Serralunga d'Alba came in 1982, and his red-label Riserva appeared only in years he judged good enough. He helped bring Arneis back from near extinction.
-
Piedmont
- 19 wines
Wines from Bruno Giacosa
About Bruno Giacosa
Four generations of Giacosas have run the house at Neive. Carlo began in 1900 and his son Mario carried it on. Mario's son Bruno, born in 1929, took over young and built the reputation the name carries today. He died in 2018.
For most of his life Bruno owned no vineyards. He bought grapes, and he was famous for knowing exactly which rows in which villages to buy from. That is a rarer skill than owning land, and it is why his wines were talked about long before he had an estate.
Land came later. He bought the Falletto vineyard at Serralunga d'Alba in 1982, then plots in two of the best-named hills of Barbaresco, Asili and Rabaja. The estate today farms about nineteen hectares, all of it in top sites in Barolo and Barbaresco.
Giacosa uses two labels, and collectors read them like a grade. The white label is the normal release. The red label goes on a Riserva, and only in years Bruno judged good enough, which was a handful of times a decade. Red-label bottles fetch several times the price of white.
Not everything here is Nebbiolo. Giacosa was one of the two producers credited with bringing Arneis back from near extinction in the 1960s. His Roero Arneis, made from bought fruit in five villages across the Tanaro from Barolo, is still one of the best-known whites in Piedmont.
Bruna Giacosa runs the house with Dante Scaglione, her father's long-time winemaker. The style has not moved: long fermentations, big Slavonian oak, patience, and no attempt to make the wine taste younger than it is.
There is no visitor centre. The address at Neive is an office and a cellar, and the wines are best met in a shop or a restaurant list.
Plate I · PIEDMONT
Bruno Giacosa on the Piedmont wine atlas
Winery
Bruno Giacosa
Neive, Cuneo · Langhe
Denominations Produced
Grapes Used
Visit & Experiences
Experiences at Bruno Giacosa
The estate lists nothing you can book online, and whether it receives visitors is not confirmed. Its phone number and email are in Practical info. A call is the reliable route here.
Group tours that travel the Piedmont countrysideThese tours stop at other producers in the area. None of them includes a visit to Bruno Giacosa.
Alba: Truffle Hunting with Cheese, Truffle, & Wine Tastings
3 hours
From €79 per person
Monforte D Alba
The Turin Chocolate & Wine Tasting Experience
2.5 hours
From €69 per person
Turin
Barolo&Barbaresco wine tour guided by a local winemaker.
8 hours
From €245 per person
Alba
Not seeing the estate you want? Estates without an online listing are reachable directly, and their phone and email are in Plan your visit.
Some booking links earn italianwines.co.uk a commission. This never affects price or what we recommend.
Plan your visit
What Bruno Giacosa makes
Bruno Giacosa's current bottle selection is led by Barbaresco DOCG. The clearest grape signal comes from Nebbiolo and Dolcetto.
Denominations
Key grapes
Common questions
-
The white label is the normal release. The red label goes on a Riserva, and only in years the house judges good enough, which is a handful of times a decade. Red-label bottles sell for several times the price of white.
Plan a visit
Ask us to arrange your visit to Bruno Giacosa
This form reaches the ItalianWines.co.uk team, not the winery. Tell us when you would like to come and how many you are: we contact Bruno Giacosa for you and come back with availability and prices, usually within two working days.
More from Piedmont
