Stunning. Immense spice notes and oily trees. Clove, dried laurel logs, allspice, clove, nutmeg but with a real freshness without any green. Every fruit from wild strawberry to a hint of cherry. Still primary, acidic and tannic but so much to like right now. The best of the ‘16 pdb? Double decanted and developed in the glass but very drinkable.
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Drinking well with aeration and 1 hour decant - drank over several hours. A little more full bodied and richer than some of the other PDB bottlings. I would say great with food but still tannic without food - open another bottle in 18+ months
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Coravin fun - Piedmont (My place, Kent Street): Concentrated dark fruits prove quite ripe; cherries; plums, sweet spice, a little pot pourri. Juicy medium plus intensity acidity keeps the palate fresh, quite fruit concentration on the palate as well but more form a weight perspective than overt ripeness, tannins are present, persistent, quite talc textured and travel long hand in hand with the fruit. Lovely.
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Strawberry red with a thin meniscus. Cherry and a hint of strawberry on the nose, with some cinnamon and a whiff of smoke. Those fruit notes carry forward on the palate, along with vanilla, tobacco, some earth and smoke. Wonderful acidity and depth of fruit. It’s still quite tannic at this stage even here on the second day; this is a wine for people more patient than me to cellar for quite a few more years yet. That being said, though, it’s still pretty damn good even at this point.
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Simply spectacular from first pour to finish, this Muncagota Riserva 16 from PdB - my first ever go with this cuvée, and to date the most elegant of the PdB Rs from this vintage. Clear, shimmering ruby, fully translucent in the glass. Nose is so precise, so elegant, yet so flamboyant with red cherries, forest raspberries, orange zest (distinct), menthol, a full-blown basket of rose petals & pepper. Palate is medium+-bodied, ethereal through to mid-palate, vivid acidity & a long, warm, grippy tannic & sour finish!
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Tasted at the Produttori with Aldo Vacca. Aldo feels the 2016 is the best vintage since the 1971 which he considers the best of the 20th century. Nose has rose petal florals and lots of minerally/stony scents. Palate is more open-knit than the Asili with sweet baking spices and cherry fruit notes. Long, balanced and energetic. Beautiful and delicious but likely to shut down for a few years in the near future according to Aldo (I agree). Not quite as long lived as the Asili I think.
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Wine2372 took the words right out of my mouth... well articulated... great lift on this baby... "Juicy red cherry and pomegranite, with dusty tannins, earth, and tart, bright acidity. Remarkably approachable for a Produttori Riserva at five years, and it developed significantly with 24 hours of air. Classic structure and balance, this is a promising vintage."
Juicy red cherry and pomegranite, with dusty tannins, earth, and tart, bright acidity. Remarkably approachable for a Produttori Riserva at five years, and it developed significantly with 24 hours of air. Classic structure and balance, this is a promising vintage. Open the day before.
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Anis, litt potetkjeller; merkbar alkohol/maling på duft. Litt parfymert duft, med blomster og krydder. Ung og ubalansert nå, selvfølgelig; men likevel god og veldig lovende.
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Luftet 9 timer. Mursteinsrød. Jordbær, roser, tjære, rålakris/anis, snev av lavendel og et lite hint av svette. Medium syre med en rødbærsfrukt av kirsebær og rips, deilig balanse. Fine raffinnerte superelegante tanniner med svak svak tørring. Syrelig lang utgang. Et barnerov men likevel en helt utrolig bra vin der den er i dag. Sammen med en steinsopprisotto var dette tett på en optimal vin mat kombo.
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1/20/2024 - RyeDrinker Likes this wine:
Excellent. With Stoyan and Stanislav.
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11/24/2023 - TomC1369 wrote: 95 Points
Stunning. Immense spice notes and oily trees. Clove, dried laurel logs, allspice, clove, nutmeg but with a real freshness without any green. Every fruit from wild strawberry to a hint of cherry. Still primary, acidic and tannic but so much to like right now. The best of the ‘16 pdb? Double decanted and developed in the glass but very drinkable.
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8/2/2023 - GlenviewGSW Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinking well with aeration and 1 hour decant - drank over several hours. A little more full bodied and richer than some of the other PDB bottlings. I would say great with food but still tannic without food - open another bottle in 18+ months
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2/23/2023 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Piedmont (My place, Kent Street): Concentrated dark fruits prove quite ripe; cherries; plums, sweet spice, a little pot pourri. Juicy medium plus intensity acidity keeps the palate fresh, quite fruit concentration on the palate as well but more form a weight perspective than overt ripeness, tannins are present, persistent, quite talc textured and travel long hand in hand with the fruit. Lovely.
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1/13/2023 - VincentStThomas Likes this wine: 93 Points
Strawberry red with a thin meniscus. Cherry and a hint of strawberry on the nose, with some cinnamon and a whiff of smoke. Those fruit notes carry forward on the palate, along with vanilla, tobacco, some earth and smoke. Wonderful acidity and depth of fruit. It’s still quite tannic at this stage even here on the second day; this is a wine for people more patient than me to cellar for quite a few more years yet. That being said, though, it’s still pretty damn good even at this point.
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1/6/2023 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Simply spectacular from first pour to finish, this Muncagota Riserva 16 from PdB - my first ever go with this cuvée, and to date the most elegant of the PdB Rs from this vintage. Clear, shimmering ruby, fully translucent in the glass. Nose is so precise, so elegant, yet so flamboyant with red cherries, forest raspberries, orange zest (distinct), menthol, a full-blown basket of rose petals & pepper. Palate is medium+-bodied, ethereal through to mid-palate, vivid acidity & a long, warm, grippy tannic & sour finish!
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12/7/2022 - oldwines Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted at the Produttori with Aldo Vacca. Aldo feels the 2016 is the best vintage since the 1971 which he considers the best of the 20th century. Nose has rose petal florals and lots of minerally/stony scents. Palate is more open-knit than the Asili with sweet baking spices and cherry fruit notes. Long, balanced and energetic. Beautiful and delicious but likely to shut down for a few years in the near future according to Aldo (I agree). Not quite as long lived as the Asili I think.
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5/11/2022 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
Wine2372 took the words right out of my mouth... well articulated... great lift on this baby... "Juicy red cherry and pomegranite, with dusty tannins, earth, and tart, bright acidity. Remarkably approachable for a Produttori Riserva at five years, and it developed significantly with 24 hours of air. Classic structure and balance, this is a promising vintage."
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12/29/2021 - Wine2372 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Juicy red cherry and pomegranite, with dusty tannins, earth, and tart, bright acidity. Remarkably approachable for a Produttori Riserva at five years, and it developed significantly with 24 hours of air. Classic structure and balance, this is a promising vintage. Open the day before.
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12/14/2021 - GuanYu wrote: 91 Points
Dark plum, good structure and tannin but feminine. I prefer Pora, Rio Sordo, Ovello over Muncagota in that order.
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12/5/2021 - drwine2001 wrote:
2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Crus Plus a Few Older Produttori Wines (San Francisco): Ruby color. Lots of soil and black cherry. Closed, savory, and earthy at first with fruit very much in the background. Over time, it expands, becoming quite fluid, complex, and elegant. Very promising.
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10/21/2021 - MC2 Wines wrote:
Wine Spectator 40th Anniversary; 10/21/2021-10/23/2021 (Marriott Marquis): A very solid and good wine and yet for some reason this producer which everyone else loves never really jumps out at me. Would not turn it down, but doesn't feel like a wine to seek out.
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10/16/2021 - daghaug Likes this wine:
Anis, litt potetkjeller; merkbar alkohol/maling på duft. Litt parfymert duft, med blomster og krydder. Ung og ubalansert nå, selvfølgelig; men likevel god og veldig lovende.
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5/23/2021 - karlsenrm Likes this wine: 94 Points
Luftet 9 timer. Mursteinsrød. Jordbær, roser, tjære, rålakris/anis, snev av lavendel og et lite hint av svette. Medium syre med en rødbærsfrukt av kirsebær og rips, deilig balanse. Fine raffinnerte superelegante tanniner med svak svak tørring. Syrelig lang utgang. Et barnerov men likevel en helt utrolig bra vin der den er i dag. Sammen med en steinsopprisotto var dette tett på en optimal vin mat kombo.
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