Community Tasting Notes 63

• kakpoo Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 24, 2023 - Thanks to the folks who wrote accurate tasting notes on this wine recently, I can finally say that I had Produttori Barbaresco that delivered on it's reputation. I've had several aged Produttori Barbaresco wines that either failed to blossom before the bottle was gone, or that failed to blossom even over several days of tasting. This bottle was exactly what I would expect a 12 year old Riserva to taste like:
  Aromas of cool climate blueberries, ripe black plum, black truffle shavings, rose petal, black berry, red licorice. On the attack there is initially a touch of sweet fruit, followed by medicinal herbs. There is still the massive acid and tannin you would expect from Barbaresco, but there is also powerful aromas and flavors to compensate. The tannins are also a little less gritty and scratchy than they would be in a younger vintage. The finish is dominated by dried blackberry, concord grape, menthol and structure. Score is 93+ with the plus indicating that I think this wine will be even better in a few years time as these tannins continue to integrate. I'm happy to have the better part of a case remaining, but wont open another bottle before Fall of 2025. My reasoning is that while this had good structure to stand up to my mushroom pasta dish tonight, it actually had too much fruit and dominated the subtle mushroom flavors in the pasta. I much preferred the almost devoid-of-fruit 2001 Luigi Einaudi Barolo with my pasta. However, if you were going to eat some braised lamb tonight then this 2011 Asili would probably make a great pairing.

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• olracx62 Likes this wine: 95 points

  October 17, 2023 - Superb and super elegant Barbaresco. "Feminine and ethereal" as other notes report. Some chewy tannins are still there, with balsamic hints and spice in a full basket of red ripe fruit and underbrush. Harmony is the name of the game. At the top of Barbaresco with still a long life ahead . Perfect companion in a blue evening

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• Ericsson Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 1, 2023 - Ouvert en avance mais pas de passage en carafe, ce qui le rend (encore) plus puissant.
  Belle robe rouge sang, brillante.
  Arômes de registre secondaire plutôt, avec quelques notes florales du plus bel effet.
  Costaud en bouche mais élevage digéré, superbe longueur, une des meilleures de ce carton de 12.
  Sur son plateau avec de la réserve.

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• thoregilfive Likes this wine: 95 points

  August 19, 2023 - Perfect after 2 hours decanting. Still 5-10 year to go.

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• ayl Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 21, 2023 - A real elegance to this wine. You got the righ floral rose and ripe cherry notes, and they are really well defined. The wine had a certain lightness to it, but the tannins no where close to integrated and finished hard as nails. Maybe ten more years to try again.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Produttori del Barbaresco
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Asili
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barbaresco
• UPC Codes 665529001992, 8025022001998

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• Pending Delivery 16 (1%)
• In Cellars 1,341 (74%)
• Consumed 465 (26%)

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