1968 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  12/10/2021 - ChiBurgDoc wrote: 93 Points

  Still has life. Frankly amazed that there is any fruit left. It’s been open for almost 4 hours now and continues to evolve a bit, pretty incredible.

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  8/13/2020 - TGOT Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Past its prime.

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  12/31/2019 - tcarter Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The bottle was in pristine shape, but after removing flawless foil, the cork was soaked through and dropped right into the bottle. I was concerned, but the wine was still very much alive!
  
  Lots of cloudy sentiment--agree with previous comment: best to let this one rest upright for a while (ideally at least 2-3 days) before serving.
  
  We decanted it (mostly due to the cork that dropped in). Took about 30-45 minutes in the decanter to really open but then it was great.
  
  Probably entering the home stretch, so drink up!

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  3/13/2018 - avpiv711@sbcglobal.net Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Unfortunately we didn't have time to let the wine sit and let the sediment settle down as be brought it to a restaurant. For a 50th birthday celebration, however, it was fun trying this wine. Still has some structure and an "osteoporotic" backbone (slowly going shrinking!) but still a fun fine overall

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  12/12/2016 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:

  Stood up for 4 days, opened and decanted off what was a tremendous amount of sediment at 2, put back in the bottle at 6 and brought to dinner where we drank it at about 8. At first it was pungent and fruity, then I got worried because at about 5 it seemed kind of dead, but it bloomed and was really lovely when we drank it. There was still a core of cherry fruit but the wine now is more about secondary and tertiary characteristics - truffles, medicinal herbs, forest-y earth. The mouthfeel and overall impression is that of a very old wine, but still somehow shows more than just flashes of good energy and vibrancy. Delicious, interesting, very much of a place, and a great experience.

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