1970 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Moccagatta

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 94.4 points

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  10/11/2022 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  The fruit is sourced from the Muncagota vineyard (the historic name under which the current vintages of this wine are bottled). Bottle #10969 of total 14150 (0,72-liter) bottles. 13,5% alcohol.
  
  Clear, luminous and quite evolved brick-red color. Evolved, harmonious and wonderfully bright nose of wild strawberries and tar, some meatier beef jerky and salami tones, a little bit of crunchy cranberry, light fragrant notes of dried flowers, a hint of blood and a sweeter touch of wizened red cherries. The wine is dry, surprisingly concentrated and very umami-driven on the palate with a quite full body and intense flavors of ripe cranberries, some wizened sour cherries, a little bit of tart lingonberry character, light evolved notes of beef jerky and almost raisiny dark fruit, a hint of tar and a touch of earth. The structure relies mostly on the high acidity as the gentle, fully resolved medium-minus tannins contribute mainly to the silky texture of the wine. The finish is long, harmonious and quite acid-driven with an intense aftertaste of crunchy cranberry and tart lingonberry, some meaty umami, a little bit of sweet raisiny fruit, light oxidative notes of beef jerky, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of pine tar.
  
  A wonderfully evolved, harmonious and textural Produttori Riserva at its peak. The wine shows relatively gentle and mellow tannins for the style - most wines in our Produttori vertical were noticeably more tannic than this particular wine - but I don't know if this can be attributed to the vintage, to the age or to both of these. Nevertheless, the wine comes across as very correct for its age - it isn't overtly matured and too tertiary, nor is it particularly backward. The fruit has gained quite a bit of evolved complexity and wonderfully savory developed character, yet the wine still retains great intensity of fruit, too, not getting too earthy and oxidative in character. I doubt there is anything to gain with further aging, so I'd say drink now or over the next decade or so. It's better to enjoy this wine before it starts to fade away.

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  5/31/2021 - Oscaro Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Väldigt funky doft av läder, rosor, körsbärskärnor samt en del medicin. Väldigt hög syra och inte så mycket frukt, sannolikt inte en perfekt flaska. Efter någon timme i glaset kommer lite syrlig frukt och en hel del svamp och tobak. Väldigt bourgognelik i sin elegans och struktur.

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  2/20/2021 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This came out firing on all cylinders. Just the right amount of structure and a little fruit left to balance. Some acid but not overpowering. Didn't need much air, but held up to it. A few sips were heavenly and the rest very good. Probably the best older italian I've opened personally, by a hair. 95-96

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  11/30/2019 - JWG wrote: 95 Points

  Needed some air for an hour or so to really start to open up. Subtle and complex nose: earth, tar, mushroom, dried fruits. Remarkable amount of acidity well integrated. Palate was earth notes, a bit of sweetness amidst the acidity. After a couple hours tannins at the end started to show more strongly. A real beauty at 49 years.

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  8/16/2019 - acyso wrote: 90 Points

  Dinner at Nico Osteria (Chicago, IL): I think I liked this more than most at the table. Granted it's certainly an autumnal wine but there aren't any unpleasant soy notes here. It's a little bit of perfume still, and some really nice earth tones. The fruit still imparts a bit of sweetness but those autumnal elements are what dominates. I'd be inclined to drink up.

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