Produttori del Barbaresco - Barbaresco 2018 (750ml)
Price: $40.00
| Producer | Produttori del Barbaresco |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1557277 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 93 Points
Lovely barbaresco with all the typical nebbiolo characteristics such as red berries mushrooms and dried leaves as w
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. With an ample 300000 bottles made you get a great value with this bottle. 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. However that good momentum comes to an end because the Riservas were not made in 2018. That vintage saw all the fruit blended into one non-MGA Barbaresco. And with the 2017 Riservas reviewed here you might find these bottles hard to find. 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."
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 tobacco and spice fill out the layers. There is good depth and a good deal of tannin too just not the complexity or nuance of the very best years. -- Antonio Galloni
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. KERIN O?KEEFE
