The nose is expressive and mature as it fills the glass with dried roses, cranberries, sour red berries, balsamico, truffles, earth notes, dried red cherries, and a touch of older leather. There is excellent depth with this firing on all cylinders. The Medium/full bodied feel is polished and mature with tart and integrated, high acidity and resolving, medium+ tannins. The structure is right on that borderline where it will be drying, but it isn't there yet. Instead, it has taken a supporting role to the feel and sour red-fruited finish. This is fully mature and in full flight with the tones having taken on more tertiary components while the primary notes have well receded.
This is extremely perfumed and in perfect harmony with deep tones of red cherries, dark red fruits, raspberries, earth tones, spices, violets, truffles, menthol, and crushed rocks. There is a coolness to the tones while showing off a lot of refinement and balance. The Medium/full bodied feel shows off a lot of depth with a lengthy finish that is backed up by tart, high acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The structure has pulled back and where the Pora showed some more balsamic and heavier tertiary traits, the dark red fruits here have some more prominence. This is a gorgeous and mature Produttori Riserva that is just a delight to drink.
This is wide open and complex as it leans much more into the tertiary side with dried herbs, cherries, cranberries, wild flowers, raspberries, violets, dusty notes, balsamico, and earth tones. There is a sort of funky quality that is really doing it for me while showing off a lot of maturity. The Medium/full bodied feel is satin-like and in complete contrast to the robustness of the nose. The High acidity is crisp and mouthwatering while the High tannins are silky and supporting in nature right now. This is a gorgeous Barbaresco that is perfectly mature that leans into a more rustic style.
This was open and balanced, but also a smidge dried out with tones of raspberries, dried cherries, dusty notes, balsamico, dried strawberries, tobacco leaf, older leather, menthol, earth notes, and rose petals. There is good depth, but this isn't as expressive as I would expect. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and elegant with tart, high acidity and slightly drying, high tannins. This bottle feels like it's on the downslope. Still, it is well balanced and there is a lot to like.
This is extremely expressive and perfumed as it fills the glass with raspberries, dried red cherries, cranberries, spice notes, tar, licorice, menthol, earth tones, violets, balsamico, and some tobacco leaf. This has a lot of depth with a real layered effect that takes a few goes to get it all in. The Medium/full bodied feel is deep and balanced with tart, high acidity and silky, high tannins. This is right in its window. It leans more towards the tertiary side of the hill now, but there is still a lot of red-ness to the fruit with it all marrying beautifully together.
This was just as perfumed as the 88, but it showed more primary qualities to the fruit. It is deep and elegant with sour red cherries, raspberries, cranberries, mint leaves, herbs, spice notes, violets, tar, and some worn leather. The Medium/full bodied feel is well balanced and silky with crisp, high acidity and refined, high tannins. The structure is still there to an extent, but it has pulled back as much as it can. This is just beautiful right now and the best bottle I've had of this.
This is a slight notch up from the Asili and is in full flight. There is an immense amount of depth and poise with earth, red cherries, raspberries, tar, gamey notes, tobacco, leather, herbs, and spice notes. The Medium/full bodied feel carries through the depth and poise of the nose with a long, floral finish. The high acidity is well integrated right now as are the tannins that also show off a real silkiness. This is showing beautifully with a slightly rustic, gamey take that still has a deft touch.
The bottle I had last year was expressive, but this was on a completely different level than the one I had 20 months ago. There is a lot of perfume with a mineral-driven take to the tones of violets, black cherries, tobacco, raspberries, tar, roses, peppercorns, spice notes, and crushed rocks. The Medium/full bodied feel is refined with a searching quality along with tart, high acidity and silky, high tannins. This is just wonderful and showing off everything it has to give.
1988 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Pora 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
The nose is expressive and mature as it fills the glass with dried roses, cranberries, sour red berries, balsamico, truffles, earth notes, dried red cherries, and a touch of older leather. There is excellent depth with this firing on all cylinders. The Medium/full bodied feel is polished and mature with tart and integrated, high acidity and resolving, medium+ tannins. The structure is right on that borderline where it will be drying, but it isn't there yet. Instead, it has taken a supporting role to the feel and sour red-fruited finish. This is fully mature and in full flight with the tones having taken on more tertiary components while the primary notes have well receded.
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1988 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà 93 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
This is extremely perfumed and in perfect harmony with deep tones of red cherries, dark red fruits, raspberries, earth tones, spices, violets, truffles, menthol, and crushed rocks. There is a coolness to the tones while showing off a lot of refinement and balance. The Medium/full bodied feel shows off a lot of depth with a lengthy finish that is backed up by tart, high acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. The structure has pulled back and where the Pora showed some more balsamic and heavier tertiary traits, the dark red fruits here have some more prominence. This is a gorgeous and mature Produttori Riserva that is just a delight to drink.
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1988 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Moccagatta 94 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
This is wide open and complex as it leans much more into the tertiary side with dried herbs, cherries, cranberries, wild flowers, raspberries, violets, dusty notes, balsamico, and earth tones. There is a sort of funky quality that is really doing it for me while showing off a lot of maturity. The Medium/full bodied feel is satin-like and in complete contrast to the robustness of the nose. The High acidity is crisp and mouthwatering while the High tannins are silky and supporting in nature right now. This is a gorgeous Barbaresco that is perfectly mature that leans into a more rustic style.
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1989 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Moccagatta 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
This was open and balanced, but also a smidge dried out with tones of raspberries, dried cherries, dusty notes, balsamico, dried strawberries, tobacco leaf, older leather, menthol, earth notes, and rose petals. There is good depth, but this isn't as expressive as I would expect. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and elegant with tart, high acidity and slightly drying, high tannins. This bottle feels like it's on the downslope. Still, it is well balanced and there is a lot to like.
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1988 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Asili 94 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
This is extremely expressive and perfumed as it fills the glass with raspberries, dried red cherries, cranberries, spice notes, tar, licorice, menthol, earth tones, violets, balsamico, and some tobacco leaf. This has a lot of depth with a real layered effect that takes a few goes to get it all in. The Medium/full bodied feel is deep and balanced with tart, high acidity and silky, high tannins. This is right in its window. It leans more towards the tertiary side of the hill now, but there is still a lot of red-ness to the fruit with it all marrying beautifully together.
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1990 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Asili 94 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
This was just as perfumed as the 88, but it showed more primary qualities to the fruit. It is deep and elegant with sour red cherries, raspberries, cranberries, mint leaves, herbs, spice notes, violets, tar, and some worn leather. The Medium/full bodied feel is well balanced and silky with crisp, high acidity and refined, high tannins. The structure is still there to an extent, but it has pulled back as much as it can. This is just beautiful right now and the best bottle I've had of this.
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1990 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Ovello 95 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
This is a slight notch up from the Asili and is in full flight. There is an immense amount of depth and poise with earth, red cherries, raspberries, tar, gamey notes, tobacco, leather, herbs, and spice notes. The Medium/full bodied feel carries through the depth and poise of the nose with a long, floral finish. The high acidity is well integrated right now as are the tannins that also show off a real silkiness. This is showing beautifully with a slightly rustic, gamey take that still has a deft touch.
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1990 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano 95 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
The bottle I had last year was expressive, but this was on a completely different level than the one I had 20 months ago. There is a lot of perfume with a mineral-driven take to the tones of violets, black cherries, tobacco, raspberries, tar, roses, peppercorns, spice notes, and crushed rocks. The Medium/full bodied feel is refined with a searching quality along with tart, high acidity and silky, high tannins. This is just wonderful and showing off everything it has to give.
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