Community Tasting Notes 8

• forceberry wrote: 94 points

  February 20, 2023 - The fruit is sourced from the Ovello vineyard. Bottle #13209 of total 15350 bottles. Released only after a minimum of four years of aging. 13,5% alcohol.
  
  The translucent, luminous cherry-red color feels remarkably youthful for a Barbaresco almost 35 years old. The nose is similarly youthful, fragrant and expressive with seductive aromas of raspberry juice and crushed rose petals, some sweeter notes of wizened red plums, a little bit of strawberry cream, light meaty notes of roasted game, a hint of red licorice and a touch of tar. The wine feels quite ripe, vibrant and very juicy on the palate with a full body and quite concentrated flavors of black raspberries and dark plummy fruit, some gravelly mineral tones, a little bit of wild strawberry, light savory notes of meaty umami, hints of licorice and medicinal herbs and a touch of balsamic richness. The mouthfeel is firm yet silky with the rather high acidity and ripe, quite resolved and gently grippy tannins. The finish is ripe, juicy and slightly grippy with a long, somewhat sweet-toned aftertaste of succulent black cherries, some balsamic tones, a little bit of strawberry, light pruney tones, a hint of crunchy cranberry and a touch of medicinal herbs.
  
  A very balanced, harmonious and wonderfully complex Barbaresco that is remarkably youthful for its age - even if the wine is starting to show some tertiary complexity. Age has smoothed the rough surfaces and resolved the tannins, so that this isn't a tough, tightly-knit beast anymore, but instead a lovely example of developed Nebbiolo that drinks really well on its own, yet can be easily paired with a wide variety of different dishes. After five 1982s and a trio of 1985, this 1988 feels like a bit bigger and packing slightly more substance, yet not coming across as one bit heavy or too ripe. Highly recommended - this is a fine and very complete wine.

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• LoireFan wrote: 93 points

  November 30, 2017 - Maybe 94. So pleasing.

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• LW31 Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 17, 2016 - Super bottle. Still so fresh and strumming. Crunchy ripe cherry and blacker fruits. Lovely tension and acid. Still at peak with years to go. Suited roasted pork shank wonderfully.

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• baroloboy55 Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 10, 2015 - This was a particularly good bottle. Lots of acidic kept it well structured. Rather "punchy" for a barbaresco of this vintage. KenV's note of 12/10 was spot on

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• kenv Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 10, 2015 - Nebbiolo Dinner with Punch Brothers (Peck's Arcade, Troy, NY): [Decanted at 6pm. Consumed around midnight.] Plenty of structure and tannin typical of 1988, but enough sweet black fruit to carry it through. One of the better 1988 Produttoris I've had.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1988
• Type Red
• Producer Produttori del Barbaresco
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Ovello
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barbaresco
• UPC Code 8025022001943

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• In Cellars 17 (49%)
• Consumed 18 (51%)

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