Borgogno Barolo Library vs. Original @ Fine Wine Geek

Giacomo Borgogno Barolo:
Library Release vs. Original Release

The official name of the winery is “Giacomo Borgogno & Figli”.

The Borgogno Library Wine Program:

Starting during World War II, the Borgogno Winery held in its cellars at least 20% of each Barolo vintage bottled. Barolo from this time through the 1990 vintage is now released periodically under their Library Program.
Before these Library release wines leave the winery, they are decanted to remove sediment, then topped off with wine from the same vintage, then recorked.
Original releases are wines that were released not long after the vintage. Typically (at least through the 1990 vintage), original releases have a red top to the capsule.
Library releases should have an all black capsule and a decant declaration on the back label, that is a statement of the date that the wine was decanted, topped off, and recorked for sale.
The Library Release wines must be at least 20 years past the vintage. For example, during 2011, bottles from the 1961, 1967, 1978, 1982, 1985, and 1988 vintages were released as part of this program.
Also, Barolos from 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 were released under a newer version of this program for wines in the 10-20 year old range.

History:

The winery traces it roots back to 1761 under owner Bartolomeo Borgogno.
In the 1920s, the winery was expanded by Cesare Borgogno, who took over from his father Giacomo.
On his honeymoon in 1937, Cesare traveled to Burgundy where he learned to appreciate the value of bottle aging his own wine.
After Cesare Borgogno died in 1968, the winery was run by his neice and nephew Ida and Franco Boschis, and eventually by their children, Cesare and Giorgio Boschis.
In 2008, the winery was acquired by the Farinetti Family (story here). Oscar Farinetti, in particular, is best known as the founder and creator of Eataly, an Italian market in Turin, now with branches in New York City, Tokyo, and other cities around the world.

There are many vintages for which I do not have photos, please send them if you do.

Borgogno owns parcels in 4 well-known vineyards in the Barolo zone: Cannubi, Liste, and San Pietro in the commune of Barolo, and Fossati in the commune of La Morra.

This chart is currently under construction and many of links go nowhere at this time.

Table Key: N = Non-Reserve, R = Reserve, X = None Made, ? = uncertain.

Giacomo Borgogno Barolo: Library Release vs. Original Release