New Releases of the Greatest Barbaresco in History | |
- Nine Single-Vineyard Riserva Barbaresco 2017
- Only 3 to 12 bottles of each are available:
Asili - JS 96, WA 95+, VM 95, WS 95, TWI 94, WE 93
Montestefano - WA 96, WE 95, VM 93+, TWI 93, WS 93
Montefico - WA 95, VM 95, TWI 94, WS 94, WE 94
Muncagota - WS 95, WE 95, WA 94, TWI 92, VM 92
Ovello - WA 94+, VM 94, JS 94, WS 94, TWI 93, WE 93, DM 93
Pora - WA 94, TWI 93, WS 93, VM 93, WE 92
Rabaja - JS 97, WA 96+, TWI 95, WS 95, WE 95, VM 94
Rio Sordo - WA 95, WS 95, TWI 94, VM 93, WE 93
PLUS: 2016 Don Fiorino - JD 98, JS 98, KO 98, WS 95, WA 94
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Buon Giorno to our Italian wine collectors,
The newest release from Produttori del Barbaresco are finally here!
The legendary cooperative, founded in the late nineteenth century, has remained the benchmark for this region's gorgeous wines, the Queen of Nebbiolo. Here's what reviewer Antonio Galloni (Vinous Media) had to say with his reviews:
"Produttori del Barbaresco has been hitting it out of the ballpark these past years with a string of excellent vintages that resulted in the production of their entire line of Riservas."
He cautioned that there's a lot less to go around with this vintage too:
"Production was 30% lower in this growing season because of a very careful fruit selection process. In fact, Aldo Vacca calls 2017 a 'roller coaster vintage with frost, then hail, then a summer drought.'"
We are happy to be able to offer up so many of the single vineyard Riservas for this limited vintage. Please order promptly, as our small allocation of only 3-12 bottles of each wine will sell out in less than a day, just as the past 4 vintages did.
Ciao,
—James Tran
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2016 Produttori del Barbaresco "Don Fiorino" Barbaresco Riserva
98 Points - Jeb Dunnuck:
The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva will be available later this spring. It is introspective at the moment. Although it is concentrated with licorice, fresh black cherry, cedar, and black pepper. It is a more brooding wine but retains its style, with leather, red plum, and balsamic, and as it opens it shows more fresh apricot. It is going to be a wine to hold onto and or drink over the coming two to three decades.
98 Points - James Suckling:
Incredible aromas of white truffle, meat, wet earth, lightly burnt orange peel and pure fruit. Medium-bodied and very compact, with a block of silky tannins that run through the palate and then come out at the end with a gorgeous texture. It’s very drinkable now, but will age wonderfully. This is a special release. They never made a serious blended riserva in their history.
98 Points - Kerin O'Keefe:
A new edition to the winery’s already impressive lineup, the gorgeous Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 Don Fiorino Riserva stuns with its impeccable class, structure and youthful tension. Made with 50% grapes from the Produttori’s nine famous crus and 50% from other top sites (Basarin, Cottà, Cole, Fasèt and San Cristoforo), it boasts aromas and flavors of ripe raspberry, star anise, cake spice and almost salty mineral notes. An ode to the the parish priest who united 19 growers in 1958 and created the Produttori del Barbaresco cooperative, it’s linear, precise and still youthfully austere. Aged for thirty months in 15hl French casks, it’s extremely well balanced, with firm, refined tannins and fresh acidity.
Only 12 bottles in-stock
Retail: $188.00
Ours: $169.97
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Montefico" Barbaresco Riserva
95 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The Produttori del Barbaresco 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Montefico is especially broad and thick in texture. It feels generous to the senses, wrapping thickly over the palate with a pretty mix of firm tannins and soft fruit fiber. These elements help to increase both the volume and the persistence of this classic wine. There is some dryness on the finish (and 15% alcohol), and you also taste crushed mineral and stone. Production is 10,000 bottles. I give this wine an edge in terms of future aging potential."
More Ratings: VM 95, TWI 94, WS 94, WE 94
Only 6 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Ovello" Barbaresco Riserva
94+ Points - Wine Advocate:
"One of the bigger productions (with 17,744 bottles) in the Produttori del Barbaresco's portfolio is the 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello. All of the Riservas in this vintage are characterized by especially exuberant and bold aromas, and this bottle is a prime example. Cassis, wild cherry, tobacco, rusty nail and licorice build intensity. The wine is tapered and silky in texture, but it also offers a good amount of power (and 15% alcohol) to carry it through the aging process." – Monica Larner (Jun 2022)
More Ratings: VM 94, JS 94, WS 94, TWI 93, WE 93, DM 93
Only 6 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Muncagota" Barbaresco Riserva
95 Points - Wine Spectator:
"Offers a bright, pure expression of cherry, strawberry, rose and grassy aromas and flavors underscored by a vein of minerality, with tannins that flex their muscles on the long finish. Intense but balanced, with tension that bodes well for future evolution. Best from 2026 through 2043. 1,388 cases made, 350 cases imported." - BS (Apr 2023)
More Ratings: WE 95, WA 94, TWI 92, VM 92
Only 2 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Asili" Barbaresco Riserva
96 Points - James Suckling:
"TA clear and transparent Asili with floral, sage, crushed-stone, mushroom and berry aromas that follow through to a full body with round tannins that are a little aggressive, but in a good way. Crunchy and fresh at the end. Citrusy undertones. Savory. Better in a year or two. (Aug 2022)
More Ratings: WA 95+, VM 95, WS 95, TWI 94, WE 93
Only 3 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Montestefano" Barbaresco Riserva
96 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is darkly concentrated and among the richest wines in this series of single-vineyard Riservas. Montestefano is angular, textured and bold with dark fruit aromas, dried blackberry, toasted almond and cured tobacco. With this vintage, you get an age-worthy wine that offers brawn and power for drinking in the medium term, but it will become increasingly silky and slender with time. Dusty tannins and crushed stone appear on the long finish. There were 14,486 bottles produced." – Monica Larner (Jun 2022)
More Ratings: WE 95, VM 93+, TWI 93, WS 93
Only 6 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Pora" Barbaresco Riserva
94 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Pora (with 13,333 bottles released) is usually the first wine I taste each year when I review this set of Riservas from Produttori del Barbaresco. That's because it usually appears as the most delicate, and the intensity of each successive bottle increases after this one. But these schematics are a bit more difficult to align in a hot and dry vintage such as this that produced richer and more succulent fruit across the board. The Pora is redolent of red and purple fruit with a little more blackberry and plum compared to previous editions. The tannic strength of the wine is also more elaborate. Pora works very well in 2017" – Monica Larner (Jun 2022)
More Ratings: TWI 93, WS 93, VM 93, WE 92
Only 6 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Rabaja" Barbaresco Riserva
97 Points - James Suckling:
"Lots of white-truffle, ripe-strawberry and crushed-stone character. Full-bodied with a focused and pinpointed palate of flavors similar to the aromas. The tannins are polished and beautiful. Very elegant and sophisticated Rabaja. Drink after 2025 and onwards." (Aug 2022)
More Ratings: WA 96+, TWI 95, WS 95, WE 95, VM 94
Only 12 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco "Rio Sordo" Barbaresco Riserva
95 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo (with 10,000 bottles released) has a mineral character and a sleek, firm approach that gives this wine its special identity. The wine is polished, almost glossy in texture with blackcurrant, plum and wild rose, and the tannins are gripping, although the Rio Sordo sports a lean to medium-rich density overall." – Monica Larner (Jun 2022)
WS 95, TWI 94, VM 93, WE 93
Only 12 bottles in-stock
Retail: $100.00
Ours: $83.99
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