Produttori Del Barbaresco - Barbaresco 2018 (Pre-arrival) (3L)
Price: $170.25
| Producer | Produttori Del Barbaresco |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Subregion | Barbaresco |
| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | A100313 |
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This item is available for pre-arrival.
Classic Barbaresco color with scents of spices, pepper and black cherries. Powerful, firm, elegant and ethereal. Pair with fresh pasta, meat dishes, particularly lamb and feathered game and mild cheeses.
James Suckling: 93 Points
Lovely barbaresco, with all the typical nebbiolo characteristics, such as red berries, mushrooms and dried leaves, as well as hints of bitter orange peel and spice. All this follows through to the medium-to full-bodied palate, where fine, lightly firm tannins add a little grip and additional focus. Compact, but bursting with flavor. Delicious now, but give it a year or two. It will only get better.
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
Packaged in its distinctive brown paper label, the Produttori del Barbaresco 2018 Barbaresco is a beautifully lean and luminous expression of Nebbiolo, and that pretty color should remain intact over time. The aromas are bold and ripe with dark and purple fruit, but the bouquet shows interesting twists with earth, truffle, licorice and grilled herb. As the wine opens in the glass, you begin to notice heavier aromas of raisin and dried apricot. It wears a warm-vintage signature for sure, and for that reason, I would suggest a shorter drinking window for the 2018.
Vinous: 92 Points
The 2018 Barbaresco is an attractive, open-knit wine to drink now and over the next 10-15 years, maybe more. In 2018 the Produttori did not bottle their Riservas. Instead, all of the best lots of those grapes went into the straight Barbaresco bottling, another in a long string of successes from this historic house. Dark cherry, cedar, cedar, tobacco and spice fill out the layers. There is good depth and good deal of tannin too, Just not the complexity or nuance of the very best years.
Wine Spectator: 92 Points
A firm, dry red marked by hay, earth and ripe cherry. Reveals underlying juiciness, but overall this is lean and unyielding now, with dense tannins and buried fruit. Only the finish signals its potential.
Wine Enthusiast: 90 Points
Violet and red berry aromas mingle with dark spice, leather and camphor. The full-bodied palate offers cherry marinated in spirits, orange rind, black tea and a hint of menthol alongside solid tannins.
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