1976 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco

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  7/18/2023 - manemis wrote: 88 Points

  Still some fruit but mostly gone

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  2/2/2022 - clayfu wrote:

  good not great aged Barbaresco. Mostly secondary and dusty at the time but there is still some red fruit, clean and balanced acidity. Nose is filled with briny red berry and mild rose.

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  9/24/2021 - Gunakadeit Likes this wine: 91 Points

  We are into quaternary territory here. On opening, really funky and wan: predominant notes are cheese rind and charcuterie. With 4 hours of air: wild mushrooms, caramelized sugar, salted meat, beets, red currants. To optimize the experience, I would strongly recommend that you don’t start drinking until this has been opened and decanted for at least 4 hours—this went from an 80 to 91.

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  10/24/2020 - forceberry wrote:

  A traditionalist Barbaresco, fermented in concrete tanks (the last vintage of Barbaresco put into the old tanks) and macerated with the skins for 25-30 days. 13% alcohol. Decanted for 1,5 hours. Tasted in Produttori del Barbaresco 2016-1970 vertical.
  
  Dar, moderately hazy and slightly murky reddish-brown color that screams of oxidation. Old, somewhat oxidative and slightly odd nose of licorice and anise, some pungent male sweat, a little bit of beef jerky, light mushroomy notes of champignons, hints of tar and campfire smoke, a touch of salty liquorice and a sweet whiff of liqueur-ish volatile lift. The wine is dry, old and tertiary on the palate with a medium body and intense, savory flavors of sour cherries, beef jerky, some sanguine notes of iron, a little bit of licorice root, light oxidative notes of soy sauce, a a hint of decomposing old wood and a touch of tart lingonberry. The acidity feels high and - while not particularly ample - the tannins come across as somewhat tough and green. The finish is tart, thin and tannic with intense tertiary flavors of beef jerky, some salty soy sauce, light sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of tart cranberry, a hint of tar and smoke and a touch of damp earth.
  
  Past its peak. It was already quite obvious from the murky brown color that the wine had seen better days and while the taste wasn't as bad as the nose, the overall feel was too past its peak to be particularly enjoyable. Waste of money at 49€. Leaving the wine unrated, as it is very possible that this was just a bottle that wasn't in optimal condition, had a compromised cork and/or was kept in non-optimal conditions at some point, but seeing how the rainy 1976 vintage wasn't among the memorable vintages in Barbaresco, I have doubts that even a well-kept bottle is going to be at its peak anymore.

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  3/23/2019 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: flawed

  Italian night (Washington, DC): Ah well. I brought this bottle hoping it would show something. A muddled, balsamic mess.

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