The nose was still not giving much after 3 hours. The palate though was creamy black cherry, dried mushrooms, spices and rock. The finish was not too tannic.
Still developing but the nose needs to put on a bit of weight.
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Decanted for 2 hours before drinking. I am disappointed too often by Italian wines. Another reviewer of this wine mentioned "dusty sandy tannins" and those words seemed to accurately describe what I experienced. I have one bottle left of the 2014 and multiple bottles of the 2015. Hopefully I will find some consistency in my Italian searches.
Light and fine boned, approachable already although it’s not developed the aromatic complexity of a mature wine yet. Good balance, and great at the table now, on its own there’s some fine tannins at the finish which are a little drying
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Always a terrific bottle, one of the most consistent vintages for PdB this past decade. Beautiful violet, saucisson, medicinal herbs, dark cherry fruit. As others have noted, this doesn't knock your socks off, but it does have quite intense acidity and is elevated by food.
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After a hour, lovely resolved nose, still some fruits left. Good acidity, tannins starting to be softer but still present. Not a flashy wine, but in my book a very good wine drinking well with food and on its own. Will it be the best showing wine in a tasting, probably not, but that's not why I bought this wine. I will drink the rest over the coming years
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Needed 2hrs of decant to get approachable. Not flashy, but consistent. Fruit is focused, tannins sort of friendly and drinkability at highest level. Had it with a ribeye and truffle salami, it just disappears with food, so savoury, but its support act, if you know what i mean...
A year since opening my last bottle. Not decanted. Definitely showed as more elegant after two hours of air. Nose is restrained. Lots of tar, with a beautiful streak of cherry poking out. Still some hard tannins but they’re fine-grained and don’t have that frequent Produttori grittiness. Looking forward to where this is headed.
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Gripping, gritty, and expansive...somewhat sneakily so. Lighter attack, broad and generous middle, tannic back, considerable finish. The wine strengthens from front to back...a hallmark of quality. A wine of the earth...in all the best ways.
Recommend holding bottles for at least three to five years. Likely to peak after 2035. Appealing! Satisfying! 92-93.
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Hasn't moved from last year, except that I found this to be pretty much ready to drink almost straight from the bottle. Cherries, plums, leather, liquorice, high dusty sandy tannins, and super high and bright acidity, which I absolutely love. I do doubt whether this has the intensity of fruit to go the distance, so if you have multiple I would definitely dip my toes in the water.
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Slow oxed for 6 hours then into a decanter for another 4. Nice translucent crimson. The nose is showing dusty cherries, honey, baking spices, fresh cut hay and orange rind. Still a bit tart on entry, crunchy cranberries, a blast of tannins that sort overwhelm the balance of the palate. A bit of bitter orange on the finish. Not what I expected. Maybe in an awkward phase but not what I know or expect from a Nebbiolo. Hopefully will gain depth and fullness as it sits in my glass. Disappointing.
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Fruit discret au départ qui s’épanouit ensuite, arôme de sous-bois, vivacité et acidité qui suivent la structure tannique: quel produit bien fait, même si un peu austère!
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Slow oxed for 6 hours. This had an attractive nose with roses and raspberry liqueur. The palate is medium to light without a lot of fruit weight. The acidity is pretty bright here, and the tannins are prominent and somewhat drying still. There's a distinctive note of gentian/bitters emerges on the finish. Maybe this would have fleshed out with a decent, but on this night the structure dominated.
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I’ve been drinking off a list for the last few years but haven’t tried a bottle from my cellar for 4-5 years. All day slowox and the into a decanter. This is just in a great spot nose full of deep red fruits, roses, a bit of tar, lavender and baking spices. Tannins have receded to where the fruit can really shine thru. Great spot.
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Popped and poured. This is very nice, especially at its relatively tender age. Rusty red, with more rust at the edge. I'm always surprise how favorably the "cheap" bottling compares with the same producer's much more expensive wines. This is no exception. Nose is rich, with tobacco, red fruit and game. Ripe, tangy, piquant, but bone dry, dusty fruit flavors in the mouth. What a nice wine, showing so well with only a bit of air needed to bring it all out. Very nice. 4-12-17-8: 91/100. Adding a small edit here: My advice to folks who want to build a good Nebbiolo cellar but not spend a fortune doing so: Buy this wine every vintage. It is remarkably reliable, good to great in almost every vintage, and relative to others, sells for a song. Stock up on this and you will be rewarded, both because the price will only increase over time and because the wine is of such high quality.
First sip of the 2014 vintage. Slow'ox for 1 1/2 hour. Dark brick red. Lots of fruit. Cherries. Spice. Medium to long finish. This will improve with more bottle time. Needs air.
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This was still wound tight upon opening. Much improved after a couple of days. These wines have such a long life ahead. Once it opened up, there was pretty raspberry and cherry with a floral nose. I need to hold my last bottle of this for several more years.
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Definitely a tale of 2 bottles. First was brown ans oxidized despite no flaws to the cork. Second had a vibrant ruby color and was appropriate—but had a strong reductive character that overwhelmed the nose and palate. With a quick decant this improved but did not completely resolve. Some nice red fruit buried in the flint and matchstick notes. Fine tannins. While not a flawed bottle was rather disappointing. Will update if better on night 2. On jight 2 this was typical, with floral red fruits but still a little watery on the mid palate and lacking concentration like my last bottle a couple years ago.
Double decanted magnum served with homemade meatballs and sauce. This really seems ready to go. Lots of classic red fruits on the nose - think wild strawberry and sour cherry - which are echoed on the palate and joined by hints of dried thyme and an underpinning of bright acidity. The tannins are still present, adding structure and firming up the mouthfeel on the back end without becoming drying. No hurry on this, at least in magnum, and I’d expect it to evolve nicely through 2030. One taster, who recently had the 2012 from magnum, found the 2014 much more approachable than that wine at this point.
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Pop and pour. Lovely food wine. Strawberry. soft herbs, tar. Lovely and dark on the palate, but very elegant on the mid. Some grainy tannin on the finish.
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Coming along nicely. Tannins still have some grip but it’s nicely integrated. Prominent black tar and sour cherry. Good acid propels it. Anticipate a long drinking window. Not decanted; minimal sediment. Let’s see if that changes.
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This is maturing a lot faster than I have anticipated. No decant needed as this is drinking great right now. Certainly in the beginning stages of maturity. For my taste, it’s in a sweet spot.
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I enjoyed this over three days. It was a little tight on the first day with red fruits and a little spice. On the second and third days, much more open, with the fruit becoming turning more to cherry, with a little more darker tone to it. It seemed a little richer. Unfortunately, I am getting down to my last couple bottles and I’ll have to figure out which vintage to move onto next.
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Typical Nebbiolo! Cherries, plums, leather, liquorice, high dusty sandy tannins, and super high and bright acidity, which I absolutely love. Recommend to open at least 4 hours before drinking. I do doubt whether this has the intensity of fruit to go the distance.
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Open 2014 and had a good cork though color was not clear and nose was funky. Thought it might just be me so opened a 2013 via corvin; color and nose were fine. Both stored in same cellar. So tossed 2014 ….. bad bottle
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A little bit lighter in texture than other vintages but has a little longer finish.Red fruit-cherry- with some licorice on mid palate and finish. Still in the early part of it's drinking interval.
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Just phenomenal- bottle age is like alchemy with Nebbiolo. I enjoy Nebbiolo at all stages but when we popped this the tannins were integrated fully- roses and tar, violets and brick dust on the nose, silk on the palate like a 20 year old Barolo Canubbi, balsam and more tar to that long finish. Heavenly. Best bottle of the year so far- and so well-priced (think we bought at the kiosk in Barbaresco for around 25 Euro a bottle). At the two hour mark the tannins decided to reassert themselves and the wine did that phoenix/ Lazarus thing of returning to youth once fully reacquainted with oxygen. At least a decade left in the tank I reckon. Sadly only one left so I’ll never know. Viva Produttori del Barbaresco!
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After getting my palate pummeled by a 2013 Produttori Riserva last night I decided to switch it up to the regular Barbaresco from a less “aggressive” vintage. This is so much more inviting, even if it isn’t completely ready. The structural elements lean more towards acid rather than rough tannins, with properly balancing red fruit, as well as deep meaty tones and soaring florals. It’s pretty much classic, just not a monument, and that is totally OK.
This is starting to hit its drinking window, though still needs a few hours of air as its nervy and tannic on the open. Dark, dusty cherry, red licorice, mineral, tobacco, violets. Starting to show a bit of saucisson and leather. Has some volatility, a bit of solvent character and a shorter finish at present. Strong vintage for this but still better with a bit more time.
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As opposed to the '15 this is drinking well now. The finish is a bit clipped but the overall balance is ok. I would guess it is a good idea to drink these before 2025 - 2027.
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Pale ruby with garnet hues. Nose has medium- intensity with rose petals, red fruit (cherry) and well-developed tertiary aroma of leather, polish, tar, chocolate. The palate is juicy and fruity, medium+ body with high acidity and tannins and a shortish finish. Perhaps still a tad too young, it is drinking well already but needs one to two hours of decanting. Overall, a very good wine with potential to improve over the next several years (89+).
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Last bottle of this excellent wine. Medium body, bright cherry color with brick rims. Intense aroma of red fruits, flowers, truffles, tar and tobacco leaves. Dominant strawberry, raspberry and frozen cranberry palate following by silky and rounding but juicy, lingering finish. Well developed, rich and complex but easy drinking and balanced, vital acidity and muscular but already integrated tannins. Food friendly, well pairing beef risotto. Serve 18ºC - 20ºC. Open one hour ahead. Drink now and next decade.
Tasted over two days and certainly the last glass was better than the first. It has both substance and elegance, this cooperative as usual punching above it's weight, very classic and well structured, tar, herbs, tobacco, tannin; plenty of life ahead. 91+ #Kandestederne
No detailed notes other than to say this this is drinking beautifully. If you're sitting on a number of bottles, make sure to check in on the 2014 now to witness a moment of early maturity that is breathtaking. It's rich with dark red fruits, plums, leather and dusty rose. The tannins are present yet sweet and rounded all under an air of balsam herbs. Really fantastic stuff and with years of development in-store for us all.
I always struggle picking a Nebbiolo from our cellar. I always think they are too young, will need a longer decant than I am able to give it at the moment, etc., etc. It came down to this and the 15 Roagna Langhe Rosso as it was going to be a pop and pour with leftover pasta and meatballs.
This one, while young, is delicious. Elegant, yet structured. Lots of slightly tart cherry, and red fruit. Some hints of mint at times. We both enjoyed it.
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clear, dark violet. nose is a touch muted but let it come up in temp from the cellar, swirl it and you get pretty tart red fruit, cranberry, cherry, strawberry, wet leaves, something floral… palate is a touch thin but it’s bright and juicy, more red berry fruit and a slight but attractive salinity. good acidity and finishes with notable tannic grip and a lingering mineral note. lots of stuffing here and some upside yet. early in the window but could hold for another year or three.
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Well this was lovely. Tempted by some recent reviews and a desire for Nebbiolo fix, opened and decanted for one hour. Drank before, with, and after dinner and it opened up throughout the evening. As others note, great texture on palate, tannin and acidity provided definition entirely complementary to the fruit, mineral, light herb and floral notes. Deep red and black fruit, black cherry, a bit concentrated, moderate rich, crisp and a tad crunchy & juicy mainly from nice acidity. Hit the spot. Served with buttermilk brined roasted chicken, homemade fettuccine/parsley pesto.
Over three years since I opened the first of this vintage and it is probably reaching its peak now. Beautiful texture, wonderfully round and balanced. Two left to enjoy!
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While young, this only needed an hour to open up. Smells great. Very aromatic with red fruits, faint mint, mineral, floral notes. Love the nose. This is way more open and expressive than somewhat recent 2012 and 2015 bottles opened a few months ago.
Flavors are consistent with the nose. Elegant, with less tannin than some of the shoulder vintages. A pretty wine, and I would add more bottles if I could find them. Ann liked it, too.
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Was expecting some youthful roughness around the edges but surprisingly ready to go. Very pretty aromatics of dried cherries, sage, rosemary, roses and tar on the nose. A hair lighter and softer than other vintages of PdB I've had, but the result is a wonderfully lifted and fresh wine in any case. Really wish I'd bought more so I could enjoy these while my 2015s and 2016s are maturing in the cellar.
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In a hotel for 44€ Not the Power or density of 2016 or even 2017, but very delightful typical Produttori with enough energy to migliorate for a couple of years. Nice.
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Very similar to last time. Light, dry, classic, quite elegant with a petit, but elegant fruit. Certainly no hurry to drink this, will age with grace, I think.
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I am blown away by how good this is. I don’t remember this being so perfectly balanced the last time I had it. Color is garnet with a hint of lightening at the rim. The nose shows dark cherry, leather, spice, and earth. On the palate, spiced cherry and earth meets a nice frame of acidity, and still present tannin. The tannins are already nicely robed, though and not obtrusive. Really excellent, and food-friendly. Ready now, should keep another 5 years easily.
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Produttori Del Barbaresco Barbaresco 2014 On the nose, this was pretty aromatic, with licorice, some meaty notes, earth, wet soil, blue cheese, blue flowers, umami, blueberries, dark chocolate, even some floral notes. On the palate, already well integrated, with dark black cherries, licorice, herbs, sweet clove, hints of cola, even some blue cheese umami, tannins are already integrated, dark chocolate, grippy tannins, giving way to dark chocolate. It’s already lovely and complex, elegant and silky. 93-94/100
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On the nose, rose and bit of menthol. Palate has raspberry, tea leaf and dry tannins. There is a drying effect on the finish. Perhaps this can be kept for a while more before drinking.
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The same bottle accessed from Coravin in March. Tasted over two days.
A whole lot of wine for the price point, and one that air served very well. Indeed, upon pulling the cork, and for a few hours thereafter, it remained quite reticent. Only the last few sips on the first day showed 'next level' promise. Even still, had it a 92 points, which by any measurable standard represents high QPR.
This opened quite aromatically on the second day, to a typical bouquet of orange marmalade, rose petals, rose hip, hibiscus, raspberry leaf tea, and acerola. Damn! Intriguing combination of austerity and power, which bodes well for aging for at least another seven to ten years. Lots of grip (tannin) and delightfully juicy (acid). If I can keep my grubby paws off the last bottle for three to five years, I will be proud of myself. Very, very nice juice...and improvement seems possible.
P.S. At the time of this note, the national online average cost of this bottle is just $45...and it can be had for as little as $39. Get some!!!
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Coravin Pour. Tasted alongside the same producer's and vintage Rio Sordo.
The wine had little time to breathe. Austere and reticent. Lean, high-pitched, and red-fruited, including cranberry and acerola. Also showing raspberry leaf tea, rooibos, and rose hip essences. Serious acid, no less than medium plus, and powdery, somewhat steely tannins throughout. A friend, who is an experienced sommelier and spent more time with the wine, described it as 'glorious'. Looking forward to the next experience with this bottle. 92-93.
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Textbook Produttori Barbaresco. Perfect now but clearly it can evolvé over many more years. Incredible result considering the very challenging vintage.
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Medium ruby red in the glass with a clear rim. Nose has a mineral laden edge with tobacco/ cedar elements. Medium bodied with rose and strawberry flavors and good crisp acidity that is however well balanced on the finish.
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Still a bit tight after a double decant. Entering a drinking window. Good typicality, good balance, nice wine that as usual performs above its price point.
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Gjennomsiktig på mørkerød side med begynnende orange farge.
Trenger litt luft for å åpne seg.
Lukter kirsebær og kirsebærstein. Balanser med flott men mild syre og snille tanniner. Fruktdreven og primær, med middels fylde. Noe lett jordbær og kirsebær i smaken, men ikke veldig konsentrert.
God! Fruen liker denne veldig godt.
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Medium body, bright cherry color. Impressive red fruits, flowers, tobacco and spices aroma complemented by mushrooms background. Classical Nebbiolo palate of strawberry, caught first frost cranberry following by tar notes and long spicy but juicy finish. Very complex, muscular but easy drinking and balanced, vital acidity and strong tannins. Food friendly, well pairing with veal stewed in pomegranate sauce. Serve 18ºC - 20ºC. Open two hours ahead. Drink now while young and next eight years.
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Banging! This has now rounded out in the bottle and is drinking as well as the 13s were a couple of years ago. Probably the best quality for price ratio wine I know from the Langhe- I’d drink it just as often at twice the price!
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A traditionalist Barbaresco, fermented in stainless steel tanks and macerated with the skins for 25-30 days. This bottle is from Lot 18.164, ie. the wine is bottled in mid-June 2018, after well over 3,5 years of aging in large botti casks. 14% alcohol. Decanted for 1½ hours. Tasted in Produttori del Barbaresco 2016-1970 vertical.
Youthful, translucent ruby red color that is slightly darker than the vintages 2015 and 2016 tasted alongside. I guess this might have something to do with Nebbiolo producing more anthocyanins in cooler temperatures? The nose is slightly restrained but also very fragrant and seductive with classic aromas of licorice root, brambly raspberries, some sour cherry, light mineral notes of stone dust, a little bit of truffle, a hint of sunny dark plums and a subtly funky touch of Brie rind. The wine is clean, fresh and light-to-medium-bodied with dry, very focused and pretty high-strung flavors of sour cherries, licorice root, some truffle oil, a little bit of crunchy cranberry, light tart notes of lingonberries, a hint of gravelly minerality and a touch of sweeter dark plum. The overall feel is not particularly ripe, but it definitely isn't underripe in any way, coming across very balanced - albeit quite tightly-knit - with its bright, high acidity and assertive, grippy tannins. The finish is fresh, crunchy and rather noticeably tannic with intense, dry flavors of brambly raspberries, sour cherry bitterness, some crunchy cranberries, a little bit of tart lingonberry, light bloody notes of rare meat and a hint of licorice root.
A beautiful, impressive and very high-strung vintage of Produttori that doesn't show that much weight or ripe fruit, letting the very fresh and focused fruit and quite assertive yet not dominant tannins take the lead. The overall feel is still very tightly-wound and compared to the 2016 vintage that was drunk alongside, this is not nearly as accessible as 2016 is now. The wine is very lovely in so many ways, but it is now all about future potential, not immediate pleasure. This is a fresh and delicate vintage that is going to need much more time to open up than one would expect from such a cool vintage. Most likely the wine will enter its drinking window within the next decade, but in all likelihood it will take a few decades more before the wine is at its peak. Terrific now, but expect the score to go up with age. Outstanding value at 26,01€.
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Superb, young. Really tight on PnP, but not unavailable or troubled with hard lines. After 45 minutes of air, the nose is all about soil and a mixture of red/black licorice. There's a white floral, cherry and rose component that emerges by the second hour. While the medium-bodied palate is excellent as a partner to food, it's clear this is still in a young, tender state; I'm thinking at least 3-4 more years before it 'may' begin to transcend the primary and signal a transition to a more secondary posture. I'm in love with this wine, and I'm looking forward to drinking it in 8-10 years when I think the excitement factor will be dialed in to '10'. An ager. 14,0% abv. highly recommended+
Had a few of this 2014 vintage and drank the first one in 2018. Now two years later it is really hitting its stride. Structure, roundness with dark, rich berries at the front end.
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Dry, charming, but still juicy, easy to drink, feminine and elegant, yet with hints of dark spice, tobacco, red berries. Ends with some tannins, still young. 90+ #Kandestederne
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Pale ruby with more than a touch of brick. Fairly mature looking, in fact. Nose > Aromatic fresh red & wild cherry, cherry bark, sumac, menthol, strawberry, blackberry, rose petal & a squeeze of orange. Palate > Light-ish, but full flavored. Wild & red cherry, strawberry & spicy cherry bark. Underpinned with touch of sumac, citrus, mint, menthol & rhubarb. Light, but fresh, sappy, slightly grippy tannins bonded to the pretty, sappy cherry fruit. Very good acidity. Doesn't show its 14.5% ABV. Med intensity. A pretty, elegant beauty. (91+)
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14.5% - Clear, med to light ruby / clean, med to pronounced intensity - cherry, bramble, dried flowers, tobacco leaf, eucalyptus / dry, med to high acidity, med+ tannin, med to full body, med+ intensity, long finish. Elegant and polished.
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Well made but less concentrated than other recent years. Cherry fruit, hints of mint/eucalyptus. Very powerful tannins and acidity—but there’s sensual fruit there, it just likes to hide in the structure. Needs some time to meld together. Best to hold.
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Well balanced, surprisingly dark, excellent fruit, lovely mouthfeel and a medium length clean finish. A very pleasant bottle with a meal, and once again batting well above its price point.
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Flavourful, intriguing in a light weight, firm frame. Youthful. It has a Nebbiolo floral character and a cleansing character to the tannin. In 2014 Barbaresco was much more successful than Barolo.
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nose dominated by cherry liquer, raw chocolate, coffee, cream. also faint savoury elements of soy / fish sauce. mouth-coating tannins grab the attention first, followed by rather high acidity. flavours of coffee and wood, but fruit barely identifiable at this stage. dry, bitter finish. disjointed and coarse. not sure whether there's any room for improvement...
two days later, the wine is in a much better shape. fruit is more present (blackberries), there's leather, tobacco, chocolate. the nose is more fragrant too, with pleasant florals and tar / earth. high acidity is still there but the tannins have been smoothed out quite a bit. still a bit coarse, but definitely more pleasant and approachable
Surprisingly good immediately after pulling the cork, continuing through dinner. Balance, persistent finish, fine fruit, not heavy, really a great value Barbaresco and a surprise for this vintage. Eric Asimov gave this 3 stars and marked this as his second favorite 2014 Barbaresco in a 2018 NYT article on a comparative tasting.
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Oct 2017: Had in a blind tasting with 3 other nebbiolos. Was a distance 3rd. Funky nose at first. It blew off after a good 90 minutes. Floral, raspberries. Good balanced bitterness.
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May 2018: Had in a 4-way blind barbaresco tasting next to a bunch of 2013s, with sauteed mushrooms, mushroom ravioli, etc. Very clear, ruby, med conc. N: flowers, strawberry. P: med+ tannin, med+ acid, sour cherry, darker fruits, med+ finish. Simple, juicy, taut+dark though. 90.
Feb 2018: Blind vertical tasting with 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014. Salumi, cheeses, crackers. Leather, floral, tart and elegant. Very pretty. Earthy nose, chewy palette. Needs time – very tart and tannic still. Quite drinkable though. Try in 2021. 91
Aldo Vacca: 2014 wines will be similar to those from the 2013 vintage, medium in body, but well balanced, rich in color and aromas, with great mineral finish and long lasting potential." … “2014 was a quite difficult season in the vineyards all over Europe; however the favorable end of the season proved to be a pleasant surprise for the quality of the grapes on the Langhe Hills. In particular, the region of Barbaresco was a shining exception in a difficult vintage. In the end, the total rainfall during the growing season in Barbaresco was almost one third than the rest of Piemonte and almost half of the one in Barolo. As we know a dry end of the season is all what it takes to make a great vintage."
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14.5% - Clear, med- ruby / clean, pronounced intensity - morello cherry, bramble, tar, balsamic reduction, rose water / dry, med to high acidity, med to high grippy tannin, med+ body, med+ intensity, long finish.
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Popped and put through an aerator into a decanter. 1hr was insufficient and this is a very very young wine. Acidity and tannic grip were over the top. Maybe will improve in 10 years.
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Quite fresh and really enjoyable when given the right time. It's clearly a young wine and decanting seems necessary at this point. We decanted it for 4 hours. The tannins was then notable but not affecting the overall balance in a negative way. It delivered dark red fruit, especially blackberries, some licorice and a hint of rock. It's not as complex or deep in its expression as the cru's or even some of the other vintages I have tasted from the producer, but it still remains great value for money.
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Tasted over three days. Lovely aromatics, typical of variety and place, grace the wine throughout. Compelling energy, freshness, and lift to this. Red, high-pitched fruits and berries, at once pithy and gritty. Piercing tanginess, highly reminiscent of acerola, along with an underlying steeliness, interact harmoniously with medium plus to high acid and medium fine tannins, in forming a unique frame. The finish knows to quit. Whatever it may lack in terms of weight and depth, as compared to the 2008, 2010, and 2012 vintages, for example, it makes up with unbridled vivacity. It will last a long while. High QPR! 92-93.
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Unsurprising there is very little development from my last tasting note a year and a half ago. Crystalline red fruit, red licorice, wet rock. With plenty of air, and on day 2, it took on a sappy texture with gripping tannin. Very young.
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Agree with most reviewers, pretty tight, but really good. Needs at least 1.5hrs to decant. Also like a previous reviewer, last glass was the best glass. This wine could age really nicely.
Love the profile of this wine, medium to medium - acidity and tannin, lowish level fruit intensity, medium + finish length. So enjoyable to drink. Could be more complex - this is their entry level wine, performing well.
Strong buy again, at a reasonable price, <$30.
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This bottle tasted like it was mildly corked, but not so bad that it was undrinkable. The beautiful strawberry on the nose was muted: bright strawberry, buoyed by va. On the palate, lithe and bright, but clearly missing a step. Some charcoal on a nice dark finish showing some finely grained tannin.
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This was really quite nice last night. Light red color, floral and truffle and hints of licorice on the nose. Plate is lighter, tighter, but beginning to reveal very lithe cherry fruit amidst some earthy tones. You can feel that it's wound up on the palate, there's terrific energy and it is quite chewy and drying right now. Still, really enjoyable with HolyGrail wagyu stips. Last glass was best glass.
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Yet again the Produtorri comes through with a fine village wine. Has plenty of life ahead and will improve from here. Relatively powerful, it has refined tannins and a good solid fruit structure that builds. For a commune wine this is definitely recommended.
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Piedmont; 2/11/2019-2/15/2019 (Alba, Italy): I had this next to the 2015, and while both bottles were very honest to their vintage, I preferred the 2014. The problems that struck 2014 hit Barolo harder than Barbaresco (at least, according to Produttori and Giacosa), so it's going to be a mistake to pass on the 2014s here. This was lithe and elegant, with less of an in-your-face fruit character, but showing lovely overall restraint and balance.
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Light in colour. Roses, red fruits, truffles, earthy, beautiful nose. On the palate, licorice, red fruits, some minerals. The acidity is very balanced, in poise with the tannins and the sweet fruit. The fruit is outstanding in this wine. Good finish. Not the longest, but very decent for this wine. I don't want this to end as it is still evolving. Surprisingly paired well with a med rare steak. Happy New Year everyone.
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Very light and lively colour. Floral - violets in particular. Cloves again (a dominant spice today!) Carob. Meaty - roast beef. Camphor. Searing acidity. Saddle leather, strawberries, menthol, tobacco. So refined, so serious. I absolutely adore the lightness, the vivid, racy acidity, the lofty beauty, the sheer precision and clarity of vision. Brooding. Sensational.
this is the Honda Accord of the wine world...if you don’t believe me...then go buy an Audi A6...it probably comes with a bottle of Caymus special select strapped into the passenger seat...and will let you know 12 months post purchase how much regret you’ll be feeling...after wasting so much money on something such low quality lol...
...and if you’re unsure whether this is about the A6 or the Caymus special select??...then it’s already too late for you sorry lolz
Very good but needs at least an hour of good air or more before it finds its footing. My latest bottle I opened about 90 minutes before first pour, and it had a whiff of solvent, almost like paint, and was unimpressive. I worried that it was a dud bottle or my storage had gone wrong. But no, another hour in the decanter after the bottle had been open, and it integrated. It becomes lush, intense, almost thick in mouth feel, with a perfumed aspect floating above.
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Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. 2014 in Piedmont is better then first acclaimed and this Produttori Barbaresco shows it! Young, but put in a Magnum caraf and Pinot Noir Ballon glasses already very enjoyable...
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Loads of grippy tannins, medium high acid, red fruits. A big wine in need of lots of air at this age.
Revisited after leaving it in the decanter overnight. Totally different wine. All the rough edges are softened away and it's enjoyable to drink. I'd give this a few more years in bottle and a few hours of air.
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Such a delicious wine, showing so well young. Expressive nose of raspberry and rose petals, deep and persistent palate of cherry and tar. Lovely mouth feel, grippy tannins and medium to high acidity. Just a wonderful young wine that will no doubt improve with additional cellaring, incredible qpr. So classy. Can’t wait to try the 2014 riservas. 93/94.
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Pale ruby. Medium (+) intensity on the nose with aromas of fresh ripe strawberry, red plum, some subtle licquorice and dried cranberry. Palate is dry, high acidity, high alcohol, high tannins which are ripe and grippy. It is full-bodied with medium (+) flavour intensity. Flavours as above with a long finish. Very good quality. The wine is quite extreme, but the high levels of acid, tannin and alcohol all balance each other very well to create a harmonious and enjoyable wine. The flavour concentration is very good with typical flavours. The flavours are well-defined, and the ripe nature of the fruit balances the tannins which could otherwise be drying. It shows some complexity, though more would be required for an assessment of outstanding. It has the structure to age so it is a wine to drink now, but has potential for further ageing to allow the fresh red fruit to develop into a more dried character and to add savoury notes. But it is drinking very well at the moment.
Informally, this wine exceed my expectations, showing greater ripeness and overt pleasure than I thought it would, whilst still retaining a classic dusty note. Delicious.
I think this is an excellent Barbaresco that I keep enjoying even thought it’s on the young side. Classic dried cherry and tannic with spice, it’s still pretty compact and wound up. No regret if you have more but hold next bottle until 2020.
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This wine really sets a standard for barbaresco's. This is just coming into it's drinking window now, however, has full potential to last another 5-10 years. The nose is full of cherries, strawberries, cedarwood, and spice. The palate is fresh and not drying. There are fresh cherries, herbs and quite floral. The palate is beautifully balanced with smooth fine tannins which causes a wonderful fresh finish with the acidity lingering around the palate. I am buying more!
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Very tasty. Benefits from a fair amount of time in the glass, next one I'll decant for an hour or more. Excellent savoury character coming through and blending with the florals. The tannins softened significantly after airing out. Just lovely.
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Some reduction on opening. Reticent nose that never fully opens up -- some violet and cran-cherry fruit. Gum-coating very fine-grained tannins. Mid-weight with a reasonably long finish. Much lighter, more elegant but ultimately less interesting than a 2013 Produttori Montestefano from a few nights ago. I do really like the balance to this wine and that makes me think it might be really interesting in 5-10 years. Will buy a couple more and let them sit a few years.
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Violet et cerise au nez. En bouche c’est velouté des tannins fins de la cerise une belle acidité et une longueur de moyenne a longue. Se boit déjà très bien. J’adore!
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Medium garnet color slightly lighter at rim. A lively nose of black cherry, strawberry and dried cranberry with rose, licorice and cedar integrating in beautifully. On the palate you are greeted with black cherry then strawberry and dried cranberries finishing with licorice (spice) and rose. The tannins are firm and dry (this is Nebbiolo after all) with a medium-medium+ acidity. The body is medium and the texture is round. A medium finish and a medium+ complexity. A lovely wine that will undoubtedly get better with age.
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Another stunning performance from the '14 Produttori Barbaresco, showing beautifully right now but with many years of enjoyment ahead. The nose showed a mix of dusty sweet cherry and cranberry with cedar spice box, dried florals, fresh rosemary and mint. On the palate, I found soft, juicy textures, giving way to ripe strawberry, minerals, and sweet inner florals, in a wonderfully lifted and feminine expression mixing perfectly ripe, zesty fruit and a tart twang of savory herbs. The finish was long, resonating on tart cherry with a coating of fine tannin.
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Eric's note pretty much says it all. Tar, cherries, herbs, roses and spices but still with a youthful dark berry/violet tone that is driving and dominant. Pretty nose shows dried rose petals herbs and lacquered cherry fruit. Medium–plus tannins that lie beneath the weight of the fruit on the pallet and rise up on the finish to leave a mouthwatering and mouth puckering tannic finish. This is lighter on acidity, although there is certainly a bright charge beneath the denseness of the youthful fruit, which I would expect to emerge with time in the cellar. Nevertheless, this is not as bright as some past vintages that I can recall and comes across as a medium-light framed, classically styled wine of modest proportion, that should drink well in a 6 to 8 year drinking window, though is appealing at the moment as well.
Read somewhere that this should be available for consumption already now, so I had to try an early bottle. Other vintages have been austere when drunk young. This vintage is absolutely approachable now. Complex nose with tobacco, cherry, marzipan and hints of raw potato and prunes. The palate has a lot of the same with the addition of some «heavy» fruits. Tight structure and good length. Ate it to salami pizza.
Bouquet de roses, de framboises et de cerises amères légèrement terreuses, les arômes sont fins et l'ensemble expressif dès l'ouverture. Bouche très fraîche, fruitée et dotée d'une bonne pureté, sans toutefois être cristalline. Pas de note kirschée qui me déplaît souvent, l'équilibre est remarquable grâce à l'alcool bien intégrée et à la structure tannique assez fine et ferme à la fois. Bonne persistance en finale. Top achat pour le prix. Pourrait certainement s'affiner avec peu de repos. 90-91+
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Still young but more than excellent. Nose is bright with volatile tones of what would normally be classic nebbiolo vapors -- of tar and roses, but here is definitely sharper, almost as if one can smell the acidity in the wine. The palate is also bright and young, but has heft and lip-smacking bright nebbiolo fruit along with some earthier tones, and after the wine has been open for a minimum of 30 minutes starts to show some definite tannic back end.
Tight and a bit awkward. Opened up a bit later with some classic nebbiolo notes. Was planning to use these as "defenders" to cellar my other Barbarescos longer, but probably will wait to drink the others.
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I remember the first time that I tasted the 2014 Barbaresco normale, and how much it impressed me then. I’m happy to say that this bottle showed that lightning can strike twice. The 2014 Barbaresco showed a classic bouquet of dried roses with ripe strawberry, dusty minerals, hints of cinnamon and crushed mint. On the palate, I found initially soft textures with pure, ripe strawberry, which were quickly firmed up by a mix of fine tannin and brisk acidity. However, with all of the structural components in this glass, the experience remained quite enjoyable with inner floral tones, saline-minerality and persistent fresh red fruit. The finish was long, structured and lingering on dried strawberry, minerals and savory herbs. Yum!
Rusty, tawny color. Dark cherry with rich, earthy aroma behind. Still quite tannic and very firm. Have four more left and will see if it opens up more but a little dubious since the color suggested it had matured well.
Not the style I love, but still pleasant and approachable young. Bigger and more extracted than usual, slightly liqueur-like cherry fruit with hints of ripe plums and chocolate. Tannins are grippy, but not on the scale you typically find. Just seems a bit hot and off, but very quaffable unlike most Nebbiolo. One for rich stews and not for cellaring.
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Ruinart Challenge and Winemaking Lecture (The Battery, SF): (blind) Diminished color with some bricking, plus high tannins and medium acid suggested Nebbiolo. I guessed 2012 Barolo Normale. Actual: 2014 Barbaresco. Analysis: I feel good about this call, even though last time I blinded this I nailed vintage and producer. That was definitely a bit lucky.
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Popped and poured. This was served during dinner with a large group so I was unable to capture formal notes. However, I do recall cherries, tar, scorched earth and I remember this bottle gaining power in the glass. Glad I have more. Delicious.
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Opened too young, vintage shows through and through. Dark fruits, brooding length and a finish that makes you want to come back to the wine again and again. Classic!
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A:Pale Ruby N:Violets and roses. Strawberry, red cherry, hummus. Medium (+) int. Developing P: Aromas confirmed with some VA here on the palate and a dark bitterness on the back. Dry, medium (+) acid, medium (+) tannin intensity, body and finish. Alcohol high (14%) but so well integrated that i guessed it was lower initially. C: Old world (not fruit driven) Cool climate judging by acid and fruit ripeness Varietal could be Nebbiolo or Sangiovese but something a bit bitter at the end which may be the tar expected of a Nebbiolo. Plumped for Nebbiolo in the end from Barbaresco as less impactful than Barolo.
Got this one right. If ever you are faced with a wine that looks like a Pinot Noir but has higher tannin and more florals, you know its a Nebbiolo.
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This is glorious, even though it is still quite young! The nose is lively cherry with roses or maybe violets for that lovely Barbaresco femininity, with maybe a whiff of vanilla at the back? Bright, fresh, clean fruit taste with soft, but definitely dusty tannins in the mid-palate that are still propped up by a blast of acidity in the finish that will make this a food friendly wine. Good to drink alone near your fireplace or with a feast. I'm so happy that I have two more bottles to squirrel away to see how this progresses, but I think it is still ready to enjoy now. I agree with the previous poster - buy all you can!
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Decanter all day. This is just crazy good. A blast of cherries in the nose. And has such balance. Beautiful mouthful of cherries and just a hint of tar , roses and flowers. This is so good now I can’t imagine where it will be in a few years. 92 today with upside in 4-5 years. Best Produttori basic I’ve ever had. Buy all you can.
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Opened and slow ox'd 3 hours, then double decanted 30 minutes before serving. Definitely still young, but fun to drink and easy to appreciate now. dusty tannins but bright red fruit, great acid undertones, and hinting at some interesting aromatics to come. Time to buy a few more to watch these evolve over the next 10 years.
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At the beginning super young but slightly open, with beautiful aromatics of red cherries, violets, some tobacco, also some mineral notes and a touch of white pepper. Closing down after.a while with some more air. Beautiful structure with medium-high but super silky tannin, high acidity and very good length. All this needs is time... (92+)
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Piemont Trip; 3/28/2018-4/1/2018 (Barbaresco, Barolo): Ist klar viel zu jung. Aber trotzdem irgendwie schön. Tolle, frische Säure. Feingliedrige Tannine von höchster Qualität. Weichselfrucht, die aber im Miment eher verhalten ist.
Nach einer Stunde: Irgendwie noch verhaltener. Das Ding verschliesst sich schnell, wenn Ihr das jetzt versuchen wollt schnell trinken!
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Always find this wine to be enjoyable and especially the price tag. Beginning to show some nuance and complexity. Deep dark purple color. Still a lot of tannin but plenty of acid and fruit as well. Just really young. These wines last a very long time and this one will improve. Popped and poured but give it a few hours in the decanter if you can.
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Tasted over three days, alongside the 2012 vintage. The first time tasting this since a 07/17 visit to the winery. Came away with all the same impressions, especially alongside the deeper 2012. This is a wine of energy, lift, and verve. It conveys floral and berry notes, along with interesting juniper berry and hibiscus essences. The wine lacks for nothing, including roundness. It is not, however, of the same quality as the declassified 2010 and 2012 vintages. Might it put on weight and depth with age? Certainly! Is it likely to? Most likely not. 92-93.
Excellent and highly enjoyable for what it is!
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Slightly closed on the PnP, but opens up with a little air to some dried and sour cherries, rose petals, leather, and hints of tar. Mouthwatering acidity, though well balanced with the alcohol and coarse tannins. Can't wait to see how this wine evolves over the next 10-20 years.
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MNB: Non-Champagne Traditional Method Sparklers (Home (Noe st)): (Blind) Pale ruby. Slightly confected red cherry. Beautiful ripe and dried cherry. Damp earth, petrichor. Some development - time in neutral barrels. Dry, medium body, 13.5% alcohol (actually 14%), medium plus tannins - chewy, medium plus acid.
Laterals: - Barolo/Barbaresco (too low alcohol, tannins) - Langhe Nebbiolo - too high in quality, complexity, finish. - Chianti - too low in acid. - Grenache - acid too high. - Pinot - too tannic. - Etna Rosso - would have higher acid and probably not as clean fruit.
Final call: 2014 basic Barbaresco, Produttori. Correct on all counts! Definitely a bit lucky, but this also just tastes like what it is.
Tasting. Brief note. Pnp. Nose and palate are showing nicely right now with plenty of tight red fruits, florals, spice. Midpalate shows off the fruits and florals framed by oaky/grainy tannins and streaky acidity. Finish is spice driven and medium. Nice
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Nose was surprisingly similar to the older wines we drank before it with vanilla oak and dried fruit (perhaps leftover from my glass?), however palate was very fresh with red fruits, balanced, a bit of astringency on the finish.
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double decanted a couple of hours in advance. light translucent ruby color. Nose bright sour cherries, quite open -- perhaps decanting helped. Palate right roses/tar, lightly dusty tannins on finish. Very nice and great QPR. Obviously young but approachable with a decant. 93 pts
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My first bottle of a 2014 Barbaresco, and it was a good start. This was popped and poured, but given about 30 minutes ox. Great nose with beautiful soft rose and loads of red fruit. Fantastic acidity on the palate, with a rather tannic finish. Definitely needs lots of time, but quite charming already.
Ate at a restaurant in D.C. offering this by the glass and jumped at the chance to "check in" on this wine without killing one of my own bottles. Very tight right now. Fresh acidity permeates the entire wine and is ahead of the fruit and slightly ahead of the tannin. Quite primary at this point, but the quality and flavor seems to be there. Didn’t open up in the glass, but could have been a PnP by the restaurant. Needs 3-4 years.
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Nez de rose et de fraise, sur un thème léger et floral à contrario des nebbiolos plus sur la terre et le goudron. En bouche c'est léger, aérien mais avec un rappel terrestre en la présence en fin de bouche de tanins qui agrippent sans lacérer. Un peu d'humus, de la rose, c'est délicat. C'est déjà ouvert, bu avec un repas de pizzas au zataar et à la tomate italienne fraîche c'est un régal. Encore ? Une demi caisse ? Une caisse ? Tout un RQP.
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Probably will gain a couple of points with a few years of bottle age. Very approachable even now. Very Nebbiolo with light body, good fruit, and plenty of tannic grip.
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Still very young. Some carbonation when opened which goes away after some decanting. On the palate it was licorice, strawberry with noticeable tannins. Should be ready in a couple (3-5) years. I will buy more but will sit on it for at least 3 years.
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Clear medium light red. Medium intense cherry and berry nose with a hint of herbs and earth. Delicious dry berry fruit. The finish is incredibly tannic.
Lots of potential here.
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Lacks much noise, but large on flavor. Red cherry, loads of tannin and acid. Decanting did not improve over the pnp experience. Still evolving. Will last at least fifteen more years.
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I think I’m giving up on buying young barbaresco and barolos - not a bad wine but clearly needs another 5 years before beginning to show potential - leather plum menthol licorice and dark berries but all overwhelmed by tannins that need a few years to integrate - it opened up after about 3 hours to something more flavorful but not something I would buy again - I think a Nebbiolo younger than 10 years is just something I won’t be buying again
The structure is well ahead of the fruit right now. Good balance between tannin and acid though some integration is needed there. The fruit concentration seemed low to me which would give me pause on any extended cellaring. This is probably going to be very good in ten years. In twenty the fruit will likely be struggling to express above the acidity.
Decanted for 2hrs. Robust aromas of candied red fruit, red licorice, fennel, and floral pastille. Full, sappy texture with broad acidity and predictably gripping tannin. This is another standout 'Le Torre' from Produttori, it has some youthful appeal with its forceful structure and already impressive complexity, but it will be phenomenal in ten years. Drink after 2020.
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Great q/p , red fruits, cherries, menthol, obviously young, will improve with time but anyway if decanted at least 2/3 hours give you a nice surprise. I must buy more
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Decanted for 4 hours before pouring. Light red. All menthol and fennel. Light body. Some cherry fruit tries to find its way through, but it is squashed by the overwhelming green tones. Little texture, grainy tannins. A cooler vintage exposition for sure, and ultimately too meager for me to be confident about recommending or buying. Poor showing for a Produttori bottling, even at the low end-more akin to a generic Nebbiolo.
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Very nice, with dark fruits, cherry, rose, tar and savory notes. Nice nose of berry and some herb. Good balance. Excellent basic barbaresco that once again is batting above its prose point.
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The nose was dark with mineral-laced strawberry, dusty florals, sweet spice and hints of cedar. On the palate, I found juicy, energetic textures offset by tart cherry, strawberry, cedar tones and savory minerals. Saturating tannin and minerals lasted long into the structured finish.
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I think my first eight words were all the same, "wow!". Very content to sit and smell this for (ever?) several minutes; it's clear this is just winegrowing/winemaking on another level. Bright and energetic, this is classically built, with great weight and energy to the medium body. Deeply sapid, this wine just pulses with energy. Pomegranate, strawberries, limestone, soil, cherries, etc. Fantastic. You need at least a case. Plus magnums. Should continue to evolve for 15-20 years. 14,0% abv. highly recommended+
Tasted at the winery. Classic Produttori Barbaresco, on the fruit, elegant style and very good now but will not go as far as the better 2013 that shows more balance and has more backbone.
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Tasted at the winery on 7/3. Bright and tangy red fruits, violets, orange zest, and layered earth and minerality on the bouquet. Overall, traditional and compelling. The wine makes its mark on the palate, delivering an amalgam of precision, firmness, and roundness, a rarity for wines in this price range. Each smell and taste imparted strong senses purpose and identity. Overall, it shows similar structure to the 2010 and 2012 vintages, though not as weighty as the latter, with floral lift similar to the 2008 and 2011 vintages. If this fleshes out, and it may, it will be spectacular (94-95 points). If not, it is a very fine 93 point wine.
Tasted at the winery. Agree 100% with Wine Strategies note from below; this is a very impressive normale release. Not that I have much to add to his note, but here goes. Classic nose of cherry and menthol, but fresher, brighter and deeper than the Langhe Nebbiolo. Medium to full bodied (14% ABV) with a lot more richness and depth. Complex mix of red fruit with red cherry, strawberry and tart cherry interwoven with some deeper redfruit notes behind. Already shows good integration between the upfront fruit and the background structure such that you end up with a multi-layered wine with a real roundness and an excellent transition to the lengthy finish. This is almost certainly one of the better bargains out there and I'm excited to see how it ages.
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Stunning. Tasted today during the Grandi Langhe event in Neive. In a room full of Barbaresco wines from dozens of producers, showing many vintages (to show a vertical context), this wine was in a category all its own. Electric was the word that kept repeating in my head, this is so fresh, so balanced. This may be my favorite new release classico in the past decade; likely even more than that. It's thrilling. Medium-bodied with great cut, the layers of red fruit come with plenty of citrus and pomegranate/strawberry aromas and flavors. If you're a fan of this house, I strongly suggest you consider multiple cases. May well end up being one of those wines that's always going to be on point; a life of 20+ years should be no problem at all. A masterpiece of freshness, structure and elegance. highly recommended+
3/29/2024 - David J Cooper wrote: 91 Points
The nose was still not giving much after 3 hours. The palate though was creamy black cherry, dried mushrooms, spices and rock. The finish was not too tannic.
Still developing but the nose needs to put on a bit of weight.
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2/4/2024 - hajoha wrote: 90 Points
Elegant, parfymert og lysende.
Deilig nå, men mer å gå på her. 90p
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1/22/2024 - Gene_Mo Does not like this wine: 89 Points
Decanted for 2 hours before drinking. I am disappointed too often by Italian wines. Another reviewer of this wine mentioned "dusty sandy tannins" and those words seemed to accurately describe what I experienced. I have one bottle left of the 2014 and multiple bottles of the 2015. Hopefully I will find some consistency in my Italian searches.
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1/6/2024 - kingkanu wrote:
Light and fine boned, approachable already although it’s not developed the aromatic complexity of a mature wine yet. Good balance, and great at the table now, on its own there’s some fine tannins at the finish which are a little drying
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1/1/2024 - ex-sommelier Likes this wine:
Always a terrific bottle, one of the most consistent vintages for PdB this past decade. Beautiful violet, saucisson, medicinal herbs, dark cherry fruit. As others have noted, this doesn't knock your socks off, but it does have quite intense acidity and is elevated by food.
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11/17/2023 - kp52 wrote: 90 Points
After a hour, lovely resolved nose, still some fruits left. Good acidity, tannins starting to be softer but still present. Not a flashy wine, but in my book a very good wine drinking well with food and on its own. Will it be the best showing wine in a tasting, probably not, but that's not why I bought this wine. I will drink the rest over the coming years
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11/4/2023 - Lyubomir Lefterov wrote: 91 Points
Needed 2hrs of decant to get approachable. Not flashy, but consistent. Fruit is focused, tannins sort of friendly and drinkability at highest level. Had it with a ribeye and truffle salami, it just disappears with food, so savoury, but its support act, if you know what i mean...
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11/3/2023 - chefdilletante wrote:
A year since opening my last bottle. Not decanted. Definitely showed as more elegant after two hours of air. Nose is restrained. Lots of tar, with a beautiful streak of cherry poking out. Still some hard tannins but they’re fine-grained and don’t have that frequent Produttori grittiness. Looking forward to where this is headed.
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10/13/2023 - JWG wrote: 92 Points
Consistently lovely over the years. A great value.
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10/12/2023 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Prototypical perfume! Just gorgeous!
Gripping, gritty, and expansive...somewhat sneakily so. Lighter attack, broad and generous middle, tannic back, considerable finish. The wine strengthens from front to back...a hallmark of quality. A wine of the earth...in all the best ways.
Recommend holding bottles for at least three to five years. Likely to peak after 2035. Appealing! Satisfying! 92-93.
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10/1/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 90 Points
Hasn't moved from last year, except that I found this to be pretty much ready to drink almost straight from the bottle. Cherries, plums, leather, liquorice, high dusty sandy tannins, and super high and bright acidity, which I absolutely love. I do doubt whether this has the intensity of fruit to go the distance, so if you have multiple I would definitely dip my toes in the water.
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9/30/2023 - Buick455 wrote: 90 Points
Slow'ox for 1 hour. Dark brick red. Lots of fruit. Cherries. Spice. Medium to long finish.
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9/22/2023 - repoper wrote: 88 Points
Slow oxed for 6 hours then into a decanter for another 4. Nice translucent crimson. The nose is showing dusty cherries, honey, baking spices, fresh cut hay and orange rind. Still a bit tart on entry, crunchy cranberries, a blast of tannins that sort overwhelm the balance of the palate. A bit of bitter orange on the finish. Not what I expected. Maybe in an awkward phase but not what I know or expect from a Nebbiolo. Hopefully will gain depth and fullness as it sits in my glass. Disappointing.
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9/17/2023 - Veni_Bibi_Vici Likes this wine: 91 Points
Fruit discret au départ qui s’épanouit ensuite, arôme de sous-bois, vivacité et acidité qui suivent la structure tannique: quel produit bien fait, même si un peu austère!
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9/16/2023 - jlm wrote:
Slow oxed for 6 hours. This had an attractive nose with roses and raspberry liqueur. The palate is medium to light without a lot of fruit weight. The acidity is pretty bright here, and the tannins are prominent and somewhat drying still. There's a distinctive note of gentian/bitters emerges on the finish. Maybe this would have fleshed out with a decent, but on this night the structure dominated.
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9/2/2023 - repoper wrote: 91 Points
I’ve been drinking off a list for the last few years but haven’t tried a bottle from my cellar for 4-5 years. All day slowox and the into a decanter. This is just in a great spot nose full of deep red fruits, roses, a bit of tar, lavender and baking spices. Tannins have receded to where the fruit can really shine thru. Great spot.
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6/1/2023 - KNNOngQW Likes this wine: 91 Points
prominent tertiary on the nose
- Barnyard, forest floor
Primary
- Black cherries/dark fruit
Secondary
- Oak
Alc - Med
Dry
Acidity - Med +
tannin - Med +
Body Med +
FI Med +
Finish Med +
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4/30/2023 - Doblk wrote: 91 Points
A classic Nebbiolo showing as well as ever. It’ll keep but very enjoyable now.
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4/11/2023 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 Points
Popped and poured. This is very nice, especially at its relatively tender age. Rusty red, with more rust at the edge. I'm always surprise how favorably the "cheap" bottling compares with the same producer's much more expensive wines. This is no exception. Nose is rich, with tobacco, red fruit and game. Ripe, tangy, piquant, but bone dry, dusty fruit flavors in the mouth. What a nice wine, showing so well with only a bit of air needed to bring it all out. Very nice. 4-12-17-8: 91/100. Adding a small edit here: My advice to folks who want to build a good Nebbiolo cellar but not spend a fortune doing so: Buy this wine every vintage. It is remarkably reliable, good to great in almost every vintage, and relative to others, sells for a song. Stock up on this and you will be rewarded, both because the price will only increase over time and because the wine is of such high quality.
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3/10/2023 - Buick455 wrote: 90 Points
First sip of the 2014 vintage. Slow'ox for 1 1/2 hour. Dark brick red. Lots of fruit. Cherries. Spice. Medium to long finish. This will improve with more bottle time. Needs air.
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3/5/2023 - JWG wrote: 92 Points
same notes as earlier bottles. Lovely Barbaresco.
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2/25/2023 - hajoha wrote: flawed
Oksidert.
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2/20/2023 - td1836 Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was still wound tight upon opening. Much improved after a couple of days. These wines have such a long life ahead. Once it opened up, there was pretty raspberry and cherry with a floral nose. I need to hold my last bottle of this for several more years.
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1/18/2023 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Oops. Pop and pour. Notes from 24 hrs open. So much better on Day 2. Supple nebbiolo. Yum.
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12/26/2022 - Melander wrote: 87 Points
Alderen mærkes. Skal drikkes inden 2025.
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12/1/2022 - Nutty08 wrote: 88 Points
Definitely a tale of 2 bottles. First was brown ans oxidized despite no flaws to the cork. Second had a vibrant ruby color and was appropriate—but had a strong reductive character that overwhelmed the nose and palate. With a quick decant this improved but did not completely resolve. Some nice red fruit buried in the flint and matchstick notes. Fine tannins. While not a flawed bottle was rather disappointing. Will update if better on night 2.
On jight 2 this was typical, with floral red fruits but still a little watery on the mid palate and lacking concentration like my last bottle a couple years ago.
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12/1/2022 - Nutty08 wrote: flawed
Brown and prematurely oxidized. Perfect cork.
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11/26/2022 - EMTAME wrote: 91 Points
Double decanted magnum served with homemade meatballs and sauce. This really seems ready to go. Lots of classic red fruits on the nose - think wild strawberry and sour cherry - which are echoed on the palate and joined by hints of dried thyme and an underpinning of bright acidity. The tannins are still present, adding structure and firming up the mouthfeel on the back end without becoming drying. No hurry on this, at least in magnum, and I’d expect it to evolve nicely through 2030. One taster, who recently had the 2012 from magnum, found the 2014 much more approachable than that wine at this point.
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10/25/2022 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Pop and pour. Lovely food wine. Strawberry. soft herbs, tar. Lovely and dark on the palate, but very elegant on the mid. Some grainy tannin on the finish.
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10/25/2022 - chefdilletante wrote:
Coming along nicely. Tannins still have some grip but it’s nicely integrated. Prominent black tar and sour cherry. Good acid propels it. Anticipate a long drinking window. Not decanted; minimal sediment. Let’s see if that changes.
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10/15/2022 - Martin_G wrote: 91 Points
Ah wow. Thats really entering the zone. Can last too! Plenty fruit, acid and tannin left. Ive got 1 more, hold that one.
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10/15/2022 - Drankard wrote:
This is maturing a lot faster than I have anticipated. No decant needed as this is drinking great right now. Certainly in the beginning stages of maturity. For my taste, it’s in a sweet spot.
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10/15/2022 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
I enjoyed this over three days. It was a little tight on the first day with red fruits and a little spice. On the second and third days, much more open, with the fruit becoming turning more to cherry, with a little more darker tone to it. It seemed a little richer. Unfortunately, I am getting down to my last couple bottles and I’ll have to figure out which vintage to move onto next.
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9/24/2022 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 90 Points
Typical Nebbiolo! Cherries, plums, leather, liquorice, high dusty sandy tannins, and super high and bright acidity, which I absolutely love. Recommend to open at least 4 hours before drinking. I do doubt whether this has the intensity of fruit to go the distance.
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9/13/2022 - Jmrobotics wrote: flawed
Open 2014 and had a good cork though color was not clear and nose was funky. Thought it might just be me so opened a 2013 via corvin; color and nose were fine. Both stored in same cellar. So tossed 2014 ….. bad bottle
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9/8/2022 - Vascular46 wrote: 92 Points
A little bit lighter in texture than other vintages but has a little longer finish.Red fruit-cherry- with some licorice on mid palate and finish. Still in the early part of it's drinking interval.
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8/19/2022 - ShakinSwedens Likes this wine:
Just phenomenal- bottle age is like alchemy with Nebbiolo. I enjoy Nebbiolo at all stages but when we popped this the tannins were integrated fully- roses and tar, violets and brick dust on the nose, silk on the palate like a 20 year old Barolo Canubbi, balsam and more tar to that long finish. Heavenly. Best bottle of the year so far- and so well-priced (think we bought at the kiosk in Barbaresco for around 25 Euro a bottle).
At the two hour mark the tannins decided to reassert themselves and the wine did that phoenix/ Lazarus thing of returning to youth once fully reacquainted with oxygen. At least a decade left in the tank I reckon. Sadly only one left so I’ll never know. Viva Produttori del Barbaresco!
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7/11/2022 - Fwmsmeets Likes this wine: 90 Points
Strong fruity Barbaresco, great teaser, easy drinker but detoriates rapidly
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5/26/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:
After getting my palate pummeled by a 2013 Produttori Riserva last night I decided to switch it up to the regular Barbaresco from a less “aggressive” vintage. This is so much more inviting, even if it isn’t completely ready. The structural elements lean more towards acid rather than rough tannins, with properly balancing red fruit, as well as deep meaty tones and soaring florals. It’s pretty much classic, just not a monument, and that is totally OK.
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5/19/2022 - ex-sommelier Likes this wine:
This is starting to hit its drinking window, though still needs a few hours of air as its nervy and tannic on the open. Dark, dusty cherry, red licorice, mineral, tobacco, violets. Starting to show a bit of saucisson and leather. Has some volatility, a bit of solvent character and a shorter finish at present. Strong vintage for this but still better with a bit more time.
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5/4/2022 - Martin_G wrote: 89 Points
As opposed to the '15 this is drinking well now. The finish is a bit clipped but the overall balance is ok. I would guess it is a good idea to drink these before 2025 - 2027.
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5/1/2022 - pavese Likes this wine: 89 Points
Pale ruby with garnet hues. Nose has medium- intensity with rose petals, red fruit (cherry) and well-developed tertiary aroma of leather, polish, tar, chocolate. The palate is juicy and fruity, medium+ body with high acidity and tannins and a shortish finish. Perhaps still a tad too young, it is drinking well already but needs one to two hours of decanting. Overall, a very good wine with potential to improve over the next several years (89+).
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4/22/2022 - vlzat Likes this wine: 93 Points
Last bottle of this excellent wine. Medium body, bright cherry color with brick rims. Intense aroma of red fruits, flowers, truffles, tar and tobacco leaves. Dominant strawberry, raspberry and frozen cranberry palate following by silky and rounding but juicy, lingering finish. Well developed, rich and complex but easy drinking and balanced, vital acidity and muscular but already integrated tannins. Food friendly, well pairing beef risotto. Serve 18ºC - 20ºC. Open one hour ahead. Drink now and next decade.
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4/18/2022 - beatles wrote: 91 Points
Tasted over two days and certainly the last glass was better than the first. It has both substance and elegance, this cooperative as usual punching above it's weight, very classic and well structured, tar, herbs, tobacco, tannin; plenty of life ahead. 91+
#Kandestederne
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3/18/2022 - SadEdjo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark colour; plush rose petal, orange peel & sour cherry with spice. Lovely
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2/17/2022 - Eric Guido Likes this wine:
No detailed notes other than to say this this is drinking beautifully. If you're sitting on a number of bottles, make sure to check in on the 2014 now to witness a moment of early maturity that is breathtaking. It's rich with dark red fruits, plums, leather and dusty rose. The tannins are present yet sweet and rounded all under an air of balsam herbs. Really fantastic stuff and with years of development in-store for us all.
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1/18/2022 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
I always struggle picking a Nebbiolo from our cellar. I always think they are too young, will need a longer decant than I am able to give it at the moment, etc., etc. It came down to this and the 15 Roagna Langhe Rosso as it was going to be a pop and pour with leftover pasta and meatballs.
This one, while young, is delicious. Elegant, yet structured. Lots of slightly tart cherry, and red fruit. Some hints of mint at times. We both enjoyed it.
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1/18/2022 - #1 or #2? Likes this wine: 91 Points
clear, dark violet. nose is a touch muted but let it come up in temp from the cellar, swirl it and you get pretty tart red fruit, cranberry, cherry, strawberry, wet leaves, something floral… palate is a touch thin but it’s bright and juicy, more red berry fruit and a slight but attractive salinity. good acidity and finishes with notable tannic grip and a lingering mineral note. lots of stuffing here and some upside yet. early in the window but could hold for another year or three.
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1/12/2022 - tantotinto wrote: 92 Points
Two hours in a decanter and it was open. Inviting savory nose. Earth, cherry and herbs. Delicious.
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1/9/2022 - wayfarer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Well this was lovely. Tempted by some recent reviews and a desire for Nebbiolo fix, opened and decanted for one hour. Drank before, with, and after dinner and it opened up throughout the evening. As others note, great texture on palate, tannin and acidity provided definition entirely complementary to the fruit, mineral, light herb and floral notes. Deep red and black fruit, black cherry, a bit concentrated, moderate rich, crisp and a tad crunchy & juicy mainly from nice acidity. Hit the spot. Served with buttermilk brined roasted chicken, homemade fettuccine/parsley pesto.
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1/7/2022 - battytaxicab Likes this wine: 93 Points
Over three years since I opened the first of this vintage and it is probably reaching its peak now. Beautiful texture, wonderfully round and balanced. Two left to enjoy!
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12/30/2021 - fizz wrote:
Lifted, red florals, fine tannins. Drink or hold.
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10/11/2021 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
While young, this only needed an hour to open up. Smells great. Very aromatic with red fruits, faint mint, mineral, floral notes. Love the nose. This is way more open and expressive than somewhat recent 2012 and 2015 bottles opened a few months ago.
Flavors are consistent with the nose. Elegant, with less tannin than some of the shoulder vintages. A pretty wine, and I would add more bottles if I could find them. Ann liked it, too.
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10/10/2021 - heythatslife wrote: 92 Points
Was expecting some youthful roughness around the edges but surprisingly ready to go. Very pretty aromatics of dried cherries, sage, rosemary, roses and tar on the nose. A hair lighter and softer than other vintages of PdB I've had, but the result is a wonderfully lifted and fresh wine in any case. Really wish I'd bought more so I could enjoy these while my 2015s and 2016s are maturing in the cellar.
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10/2/2021 - otto60 Likes this wine: 92 Points
In a hotel for 44€
Not the Power or density of 2016 or even 2017, but very delightful typical Produttori with enough energy to migliorate for a couple of years. Nice.
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9/27/2021 - Gian wrote: 90 Points
beautiful Q/P , nice fruits , good acidity , quite smooth tannins , good now but can hold for years
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9/25/2021 - beatles wrote: 90 Points
Very similar to last time. Light, dry, classic, quite elegant with a petit, but elegant fruit. Certainly no hurry to drink this, will age with grace, I think.
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9/12/2021 - Thilo Likes this wine: 92 Points
I am blown away by how good this is. I don’t remember this being so perfectly balanced the last time I had it. Color is garnet with a hint of lightening at the rim. The nose shows dark cherry, leather, spice, and earth. On the palate, spiced cherry and earth meets a nice frame of acidity, and still present tannin. The tannins are already nicely robed, though and not obtrusive. Really excellent, and food-friendly. Ready now, should keep another 5 years easily.
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9/11/2021 - ceadsearc Likes this wine: 94 Points
Produttori Del Barbaresco Barbaresco 2014
On the nose, this was pretty aromatic, with licorice, some meaty notes, earth, wet soil, blue cheese, blue flowers, umami, blueberries, dark chocolate, even some floral notes.
On the palate, already well integrated, with dark black cherries, licorice, herbs, sweet clove, hints of cola, even some blue cheese umami, tannins are already integrated, dark chocolate, grippy tannins, giving way to dark chocolate. It’s already lovely and complex, elegant and silky. 93-94/100
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8/31/2021 - KSWinegeek wrote: 91 Points
Bright ruby red. Mineral and spice on nose. Dried cherry flavors.
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8/21/2021 - nschmidt Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank at father in law's 90th. Enjoyed by all. One of the best bargains in the wine world.
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6/26/2021 - bethel31 wrote: 91 Points
On the nose, rose and bit of menthol. Palate has raspberry, tea leaf and dry tannins. There is a drying effect on the finish. Perhaps this can be kept for a while more before drinking.
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5/13/2021 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
The same bottle accessed from Coravin in March. Tasted over two days.
A whole lot of wine for the price point, and one that air served very well. Indeed, upon pulling the cork, and for a few hours thereafter, it remained quite reticent. Only the last few sips on the first day showed 'next level' promise. Even still, had it a 92 points, which by any measurable standard represents high QPR.
This opened quite aromatically on the second day, to a typical bouquet of orange marmalade, rose petals, rose hip, hibiscus, raspberry leaf tea, and acerola. Damn! Intriguing combination of austerity and power, which bodes well for aging for at least another seven to ten years. Lots of grip (tannin) and delightfully juicy (acid). If I can keep my grubby paws off the last bottle for three to five years, I will be proud of myself. Very, very nice juice...and improvement seems possible.
P.S. At the time of this note, the national online average cost of this bottle is just $45...and it can be had for as little as $39. Get some!!!
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3/7/2021 - Motz wrote: 92 Points
Coravin Pour. Tasted alongside the same producer's and vintage Rio Sordo.
The wine had little time to breathe. Austere and reticent. Lean, high-pitched, and red-fruited, including cranberry and acerola. Also showing raspberry leaf tea, rooibos, and rose hip essences. Serious acid, no less than medium plus, and powdery, somewhat steely tannins throughout. A friend, who is an experienced sommelier and spent more time with the wine, described it as 'glorious'. Looking forward to the next experience with this bottle. 92-93.
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2/28/2021 - Filippo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Textbook Produttori Barbaresco. Perfect now but clearly it can evolvé over many more years. Incredible result considering the very challenging vintage.
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2/27/2021 - GlenviewGSW Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium ruby red in the glass with a clear rim. Nose has a mineral laden edge with tobacco/ cedar elements. Medium bodied with rose and strawberry flavors and good crisp acidity that is however well balanced on the finish.
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2/20/2021 - Rechrom wrote: 91 Points
Still a bit tight after a double decant. Entering a drinking window. Good typicality, good balance, nice wine that as usual performs above its price point.
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2/7/2021 - Obi-Wan Cannubi Likes this wine: 89 Points
Gjennomsiktig på mørkerød side med begynnende orange farge.
Trenger litt luft for å åpne seg.
Lukter kirsebær og kirsebærstein.
Balanser med flott men mild syre og snille tanniner. Fruktdreven og primær, med middels fylde. Noe lett jordbær og kirsebær i smaken, men ikke veldig konsentrert.
God! Fruen liker denne veldig godt.
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1/31/2021 - vlzat wrote: 93 Points
Medium body, bright cherry color. Impressive red fruits, flowers, tobacco and spices aroma complemented by mushrooms background. Classical Nebbiolo palate of strawberry, caught first frost cranberry following by tar notes and long spicy but juicy finish. Very complex, muscular but easy drinking and balanced, vital acidity and strong tannins. Food friendly, well pairing with veal stewed in pomegranate sauce. Serve 18ºC - 20ºC. Open two hours ahead. Drink now while young and next eight years.
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1/30/2021 - Daniel Nylund Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice. Needed some air but I really liked it. Have 4 more bottles that I’ll keep in the cellar for a couple of years
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12/30/2020 - ShakinSwedens Likes this wine:
Banging! This has now rounded out in the bottle and is drinking as well as the 13s were a couple of years ago. Probably the best quality for price ratio wine I know from the Langhe- I’d drink it just as often at twice the price!
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11/23/2020 - Sheila62 Likes this wine:
Just wonderful
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10/24/2020 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points
A traditionalist Barbaresco, fermented in stainless steel tanks and macerated with the skins for 25-30 days. This bottle is from Lot 18.164, ie. the wine is bottled in mid-June 2018, after well over 3,5 years of aging in large botti casks. 14% alcohol. Decanted for 1½ hours. Tasted in Produttori del Barbaresco 2016-1970 vertical.
Youthful, translucent ruby red color that is slightly darker than the vintages 2015 and 2016 tasted alongside. I guess this might have something to do with Nebbiolo producing more anthocyanins in cooler temperatures? The nose is slightly restrained but also very fragrant and seductive with classic aromas of licorice root, brambly raspberries, some sour cherry, light mineral notes of stone dust, a little bit of truffle, a hint of sunny dark plums and a subtly funky touch of Brie rind. The wine is clean, fresh and light-to-medium-bodied with dry, very focused and pretty high-strung flavors of sour cherries, licorice root, some truffle oil, a little bit of crunchy cranberry, light tart notes of lingonberries, a hint of gravelly minerality and a touch of sweeter dark plum. The overall feel is not particularly ripe, but it definitely isn't underripe in any way, coming across very balanced - albeit quite tightly-knit - with its bright, high acidity and assertive, grippy tannins. The finish is fresh, crunchy and rather noticeably tannic with intense, dry flavors of brambly raspberries, sour cherry bitterness, some crunchy cranberries, a little bit of tart lingonberry, light bloody notes of rare meat and a hint of licorice root.
A beautiful, impressive and very high-strung vintage of Produttori that doesn't show that much weight or ripe fruit, letting the very fresh and focused fruit and quite assertive yet not dominant tannins take the lead. The overall feel is still very tightly-wound and compared to the 2016 vintage that was drunk alongside, this is not nearly as accessible as 2016 is now. The wine is very lovely in so many ways, but it is now all about future potential, not immediate pleasure. This is a fresh and delicate vintage that is going to need much more time to open up than one would expect from such a cool vintage. Most likely the wine will enter its drinking window within the next decade, but in all likelihood it will take a few decades more before the wine is at its peak. Terrific now, but expect the score to go up with age. Outstanding value at 26,01€.
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10/18/2020 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Superb, young. Really tight on PnP, but not unavailable or troubled with hard lines. After 45 minutes of air, the nose is all about soil and a mixture of red/black licorice. There's a white floral, cherry and rose component that emerges by the second hour. While the medium-bodied palate is excellent as a partner to food, it's clear this is still in a young, tender state; I'm thinking at least 3-4 more years before it 'may' begin to transcend the primary and signal a transition to a more secondary posture. I'm in love with this wine, and I'm looking forward to drinking it in 8-10 years when I think the excitement factor will be dialed in to '10'. An ager. 14,0% abv. highly recommended+
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10/2/2020 - battytaxicab Likes this wine: 91 Points
Had a few of this 2014 vintage and drank the first one in 2018. Now two years later it is really hitting its stride. Structure, roundness with dark, rich berries at the front end.
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9/27/2020 - WEB,III Likes this wine: 90 Points
3-5 more years may provide upside, but drinking well enough.
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9/19/2020 - ex-sommelier Likes this wine:
This bottle was tough as nails, plenty of structure and sappy red fruit but its more closed up compared to my last bottle a year ago.
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9/11/2020 - Sheila62 Likes this wine:
elegance, juicy red fruit and spice..just wonderful
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7/19/2020 - beatles wrote: 90 Points
Dry, charming, but still juicy, easy to drink, feminine and elegant, yet with hints of dark spice, tobacco, red berries. Ends with some tannins, still young. 90+
#Kandestederne
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7/13/2020 - Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pale ruby with more than a touch of brick. Fairly mature looking, in fact.
Nose > Aromatic fresh red & wild cherry, cherry bark, sumac, menthol, strawberry, blackberry,
rose petal & a squeeze of orange.
Palate > Light-ish, but full flavored. Wild & red cherry, strawberry & spicy cherry bark.
Underpinned with touch of sumac, citrus, mint, menthol & rhubarb.
Light, but fresh, sappy, slightly grippy tannins bonded to the pretty, sappy cherry fruit. Very good acidity.
Doesn't show its 14.5% ABV.
Med intensity.
A pretty, elegant beauty.
(91+)
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7/2/2020 - SiR wrote: 91 Points
14.5% - Clear, med to light ruby / clean, med to pronounced intensity - cherry, bramble, dried flowers, tobacco leaf, eucalyptus / dry, med to high acidity, med+ tannin, med to full body, med+ intensity, long finish. Elegant and polished.
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6/28/2020 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Well made but less concentrated than other recent years. Cherry fruit, hints of mint/eucalyptus. Very powerful tannins and acidity—but there’s sensual fruit there, it just likes to hide in the structure. Needs some time to meld together. Best to hold.
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6/1/2020 - Rechrom wrote: 91 Points
Well balanced, surprisingly dark, excellent fruit, lovely mouthfeel and a medium length clean finish. A very pleasant bottle with a meal, and once again batting well above its price point.
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5/4/2020 - KVM wrote:
Flavourful, intriguing in a light weight, firm frame. Youthful. It has a Nebbiolo floral character and a cleansing character to the tannin.
In 2014 Barbaresco was much more successful than Barolo.
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4/20/2020 - DrX Likes this wine: 96 Points
Very nice wine, especially at the price.
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4/1/2020 - chewiness wrote:
nose dominated by cherry liquer, raw chocolate, coffee, cream. also faint savoury elements of soy / fish sauce. mouth-coating tannins grab the attention first, followed by rather high acidity. flavours of coffee and wood, but fruit barely identifiable at this stage. dry, bitter finish. disjointed and coarse. not sure whether there's any room for improvement...
two days later, the wine is in a much better shape. fruit is more present (blackberries), there's leather, tobacco, chocolate. the nose is more fragrant too, with pleasant florals and tar / earth. high acidity is still there but the tannins have been smoothed out quite a bit. still a bit coarse, but definitely more pleasant and approachable
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3/20/2020 - battytaxicab Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened up 2-3 hrs before and was really beneficial. Deep, dark berry woods with good structure and easy tannin level
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3/4/2020 - R Z Likes this wine: 92 Points
Surprisingly good immediately after pulling the cork, continuing through dinner. Balance, persistent finish, fine fruit, not heavy, really a great value Barbaresco and a surprise for this vintage. Eric Asimov gave this 3 stars and marked this as his second favorite 2014 Barbaresco in a 2018 NYT article on a comparative tasting.
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2/18/2020 - elyaz wrote:
Oct 2017: Had in a blind tasting with 3 other nebbiolos. Was a distance 3rd. Funky nose at first. It blew off after a good 90 minutes. Floral, raspberries. Good balanced bitterness.
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2/18/2020 - elyaz wrote: 90 Points
May 2018: Had in a 4-way blind barbaresco tasting next to a bunch of 2013s, with sauteed mushrooms, mushroom ravioli, etc. Very clear, ruby, med conc. N: flowers, strawberry. P: med+ tannin, med+ acid, sour cherry, darker fruits, med+ finish. Simple, juicy, taut+dark though. 90.
Feb 2018: Blind vertical tasting with 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014. Salumi, cheeses, crackers. Leather, floral, tart and elegant. Very pretty. Earthy nose, chewy palette. Needs time – very tart and tannic still. Quite drinkable though. Try in 2021. 91
Aldo Vacca: 2014 wines will be similar to those from the 2013 vintage, medium in body, but well balanced, rich in color and aromas, with great mineral finish and long lasting potential." … “2014 was a quite difficult season in the vineyards all over Europe; however the favorable end of the season proved to be a pleasant surprise for the quality of the grapes on the Langhe Hills. In particular, the region of Barbaresco was a shining exception in a difficult vintage. In the end, the total rainfall during the growing season in Barbaresco was almost one third than the rest of Piemonte and almost half of the one in Barolo. As we know a dry end of the season is all what it takes to make a great vintage."
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12/23/2019 - SiR wrote: 91 Points
14.5% - Clear, med- ruby / clean, pronounced intensity - morello cherry, bramble, tar, balsamic reduction, rose water / dry, med to high acidity, med to high grippy tannin, med+ body, med+ intensity, long finish.
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11/26/2019 - VivekBeri wrote:
Popped and put through an aerator into a decanter. 1hr was insufficient and this is a very very young wine. Acidity and tannic grip were over the top. Maybe will improve in 10 years.
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11/25/2019 - ppandian wrote: 87 Points
Heavy, acidic and tannic. Very good but will integrate better over a few years
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11/8/2019 - …. wrote: 91 Points
Quite fresh and really enjoyable when given the right time. It's clearly a young wine and decanting seems necessary at this point. We decanted it for 4 hours.
The tannins was then notable but not affecting the overall balance in a negative way. It delivered dark red fruit, especially blackberries, some licorice and a hint of rock. It's not as complex or deep in its expression as the cru's or even some of the other vintages I have tasted from the producer, but it still remains great value for money.
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9/19/2019 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Tasted over three days. Lovely aromatics, typical of variety and place, grace the wine throughout. Compelling energy, freshness, and lift to this. Red, high-pitched fruits and berries, at once pithy and gritty. Piercing tanginess, highly reminiscent of acerola, along with an underlying steeliness, interact harmoniously with medium plus to high acid and medium fine tannins, in forming a unique frame. The finish knows to quit. Whatever it may lack in terms of weight and depth, as compared to the 2008, 2010, and 2012 vintages, for example, it makes up with unbridled vivacity. It will last a long while. High QPR! 92-93.
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8/2/2019 - rama Likes this wine:
Exotic spice, red fruited with a touch of licorice and no where near ready for business. Bury these deep.
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6/3/2019 - barrkel Likes this wine: 92 Points
Best glass is still the last glass. Next bottle should be decanted for 5 hours minimum.
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5/31/2019 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 92 Points
Another excellent showing of this classic. More classic in feel than the 2015 tasted next to it but a great Barbaresco and as always a stunning value.
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5/31/2019 - ex-sommelier Likes this wine:
Unsurprising there is very little development from my last tasting note a year and a half ago. Crystalline red fruit, red licorice, wet rock. With plenty of air, and on day 2, it took on a sappy texture with gripping tannin. Very young.
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5/30/2019 - scott w Likes this wine:
Beautiful purity of fruit, strawberry and cherry. Needs a bit of time to unfurl in the decanter. Drinking very well but should have quite a long life.
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5/28/2019 - jwsmith wrote: 93 Points
This wine is so enjoyable just a succulent bowl of strawberries cherries and rose water nice cinnamon aspect as well. Great wine..
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5/17/2019 - JWG wrote: 92 Points
See 2018 notes -- another delicious bottle.
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5/5/2019 - Nighthawk244 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Agree with most reviewers, pretty tight, but really good. Needs at least 1.5hrs to decant. Also like a previous reviewer, last glass was the best glass. This wine could age really nicely.
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4/10/2019 - Giacomo Likes this wine:
3.25/5
Love the profile of this wine, medium to medium - acidity and tannin, lowish level fruit intensity, medium + finish length. So enjoyable to drink. Could be more complex - this is their entry level wine, performing well.
Strong buy again, at a reasonable price, <$30.
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3/21/2019 - Aravind Asok wrote:
This bottle tasted like it was mildly corked, but not so bad that it was undrinkable. The beautiful strawberry on the nose was muted: bright strawberry, buoyed by va. On the palate, lithe and bright, but clearly missing a step. Some charcoal on a nice dark finish showing some finely grained tannin.
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3/17/2019 - decaturwinedude wrote: 91 Points
This was really quite nice last night. Light red color, floral and truffle and hints of licorice on the nose. Plate is lighter, tighter, but beginning to reveal very lithe cherry fruit amidst some earthy tones. You can feel that it's wound up on the palate, there's terrific energy and it is quite chewy and drying right now. Still, really enjoyable with HolyGrail wagyu stips. Last glass was best glass.
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2/24/2019 - CheninFiend wrote: 90 Points
Yet again the Produtorri comes through with a fine village wine. Has plenty of life ahead and will improve from here. Relatively powerful, it has refined tannins and a good solid fruit structure that builds. For a commune wine this is definitely recommended.
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2/13/2019 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Piedmont; 2/11/2019-2/15/2019 (Alba, Italy): I had this next to the 2015, and while both bottles were very honest to their vintage, I preferred the 2014. The problems that struck 2014 hit Barolo harder than Barbaresco (at least, according to Produttori and Giacosa), so it's going to be a mistake to pass on the 2014s here. This was lithe and elegant, with less of an in-your-face fruit character, but showing lovely overall restraint and balance.
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2/10/2019 - Nyrican Likes this wine: 89 Points
Needs more time in bottle
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1/17/2019 - JWG wrote: 92 Points
Same as the bottle from last July -- a wonderul juicy version of Produttori.
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12/31/2018 - M.Y. Chong Likes this wine:
Light in colour. Roses, red fruits, truffles, earthy, beautiful nose. On the palate, licorice, red fruits, some minerals. The acidity is very balanced, in poise with the tannins and the sweet fruit. The fruit is outstanding in this wine. Good finish. Not the longest, but very decent for this wine. I don't want this to end as it is still evolving. Surprisingly paired well with a med rare steak. Happy New Year everyone.
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12/26/2018 - ricard Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very light and lively colour. Floral - violets in particular. Cloves again (a dominant spice today!) Carob. Meaty - roast beef. Camphor. Searing acidity. Saddle leather, strawberries, menthol, tobacco. So refined, so serious. I absolutely adore the lightness, the vivid, racy acidity, the lofty beauty, the sheer precision and clarity of vision. Brooding. Sensational.
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12/25/2018 - Bro-rolo Likes this wine: 93 Points
this is the Honda Accord of the wine world...if you don’t believe me...then go buy an Audi A6...it probably comes with a bottle of Caymus special select strapped into the passenger seat...and will let you know 12 months post purchase how much regret you’ll be feeling...after wasting so much money on something such low quality lol...
...and if you’re unsure whether this is about the A6 or the Caymus special select??...then it’s already too late for you sorry lolz
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12/22/2018 - barrkel Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good but needs at least an hour of good air or more before it finds its footing. My latest bottle I opened about 90 minutes before first pour, and it had a whiff of solvent, almost like paint, and was unimpressive. I worried that it was a dud bottle or my storage had gone wrong. But no, another hour in the decanter after the bottle had been open, and it integrated. It becomes lush, intense, almost thick in mouth feel, with a perfumed aspect floating above.
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12/6/2018 - smphelps wrote: 85 Points
Really angular, and not very good. Bad QPR; really just not great in general.
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11/21/2018 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 91 Points
Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. 2014 in Piedmont is better then first acclaimed and this Produttori Barbaresco shows it! Young, but put in a Magnum caraf and Pinot Noir Ballon glasses already very enjoyable...
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11/17/2018 - geoffreychambertin wrote: 88 Points
Loads of grippy tannins, medium high acid, red fruits. A big wine in need of lots of air at this age.
Revisited after leaving it in the decanter overnight. Totally different wine. All the rough edges are softened away and it's enjoyable to drink. I'd give this a few more years in bottle and a few hours of air.
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11/3/2018 - sbajaj10 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Light to medium bodied, lots of flavours, low tannins hence didn’t need much decanting. Was good to drink now
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10/29/2018 - JDEE Likes this wine: 93 Points
Such a delicious wine, showing so well young. Expressive nose of raspberry and rose petals, deep and persistent palate of cherry and tar. Lovely mouth feel, grippy tannins and medium to high acidity. Just a wonderful young wine that will no doubt improve with additional cellaring, incredible qpr. So classy. Can’t wait to try the 2014 riservas. 93/94.
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10/21/2018 - soyhead wrote:
Bright, sappy cherry
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10/11/2018 - BrunelloBob wrote: 90 Points
By the glass at Bin 228. Unknown how long this was open. Nice wine, much better than expected given the vintage.
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10/6/2018 - R J Lewis wrote:
Pale ruby.
Medium (+) intensity on the nose with aromas of fresh ripe strawberry, red plum, some subtle licquorice and dried cranberry.
Palate is dry, high acidity, high alcohol, high tannins which are ripe and grippy. It is full-bodied with medium (+) flavour intensity. Flavours as above with a long finish.
Very good quality. The wine is quite extreme, but the high levels of acid, tannin and alcohol all balance each other very well to create a harmonious and enjoyable wine. The flavour concentration is very good with typical flavours. The flavours are well-defined, and the ripe nature of the fruit balances the tannins which could otherwise be drying. It shows some complexity, though more would be required for an assessment of outstanding.
It has the structure to age so it is a wine to drink now, but has potential for further ageing to allow the fresh red fruit to develop into a more dried character and to add savoury notes. But it is drinking very well at the moment.
Informally, this wine exceed my expectations, showing greater ripeness and overt pleasure than I thought it would, whilst still retaining a classic dusty note. Delicious.
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9/30/2018 - StainedGlass wrote: 91 Points
I think this is an excellent Barbaresco that I keep enjoying even thought it’s on the young side. Classic dried cherry and tannic with spice, it’s still pretty compact and wound up. No regret if you have more but hold next bottle until 2020.
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9/28/2018 - Bro-rolo Likes this wine: 93 Points
I think the senate judicial committee would agree on this one...this wine is good...no FBI investigation necessary lolz ������
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9/20/2018 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 94 Points
This wine really sets a standard for barbaresco's. This is just coming into it's drinking window now, however, has full potential to last another 5-10 years. The nose is full of cherries, strawberries, cedarwood, and spice. The palate is fresh and not drying. There are fresh cherries, herbs and quite floral. The palate is beautifully balanced with smooth fine tannins which causes a wonderful fresh finish with the acidity lingering around the palate. I am buying more!
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9/13/2018 - Richard P Howden wrote: 91 Points
Very classic nose and palate, youthful, a bit crunchy but highly drinkable now. Remarkable balance and length. As always a good QPR.
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9/10/2018 - barrkel Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very tasty. Benefits from a fair amount of time in the glass, next one I'll decant for an hour or more. Excellent savoury character coming through and blending with the florals. The tannins softened significantly after airing out. Just lovely.
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9/10/2018 - BordeauxNut Likes this wine: 91 Points
Some reduction on opening. Reticent nose that never fully opens up -- some violet and cran-cherry fruit. Gum-coating very fine-grained tannins. Mid-weight with a reasonably long finish. Much lighter, more elegant but ultimately less interesting than a 2013 Produttori Montestefano from a few nights ago. I do really like the balance to this wine and that makes me think it might be really interesting in 5-10 years. Will buy a couple more and let them sit a few years.
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9/7/2018 - Joclo71 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Violet et cerise au nez. En bouche c’est velouté des tannins fins de la cerise une belle acidité et une longueur de moyenne a longue. Se boit déjà très bien. J’adore!
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9/5/2018 - SommJourney05 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium garnet color slightly lighter at rim. A lively nose of black cherry, strawberry and dried cranberry with rose, licorice and cedar integrating in beautifully. On the palate you are greeted with black cherry then strawberry and dried cranberries finishing with licorice (spice) and rose. The tannins are firm and dry (this is Nebbiolo after all) with a medium-medium+ acidity. The body is medium and the texture is round. A medium finish and a medium+ complexity. A lovely wine that will undoubtedly get better with age.
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9/3/2018 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 93 Points
Another stunning performance from the '14 Produttori Barbaresco, showing beautifully right now but with many years of enjoyment ahead. The nose showed a mix of dusty sweet cherry and cranberry with cedar spice box, dried florals, fresh rosemary and mint. On the palate, I found soft, juicy textures, giving way to ripe strawberry, minerals, and sweet inner florals, in a wonderfully lifted and feminine expression mixing perfectly ripe, zesty fruit and a tart twang of savory herbs. The finish was long, resonating on tart cherry with a coating of fine tannin.
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9/1/2018 - WMWG Likes this wine: 91 Points
Eric's note pretty much says it all. Tar, cherries, herbs, roses and spices but still with a youthful dark berry/violet tone that is driving and dominant. Pretty nose shows dried rose petals herbs and lacquered cherry fruit. Medium–plus tannins that lie beneath the weight of the fruit on the pallet and rise up on the finish to leave a mouthwatering and mouth puckering tannic finish. This is lighter on acidity, although there is certainly a bright charge beneath the denseness of the youthful fruit, which I would expect to emerge with time in the cellar. Nevertheless, this is not as bright as some past vintages that I can recall and comes across as a medium-light framed, classically styled wine of modest proportion, that should drink well in a 6 to 8 year drinking window, though is appealing at the moment as well.
Very Good
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8/26/2018 - Fwmsmeets Likes this wine: 89 Points
All man's friend Barbaresco. Brownish color, smoothened by barrel aging, with sufficient fruit left and soft tannins.
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8/8/2018 - Torchy wrote: 92 Points
Read somewhere that this should be available for consumption already now, so I had to try an early bottle. Other vintages have been austere when drunk young. This vintage is absolutely approachable now. Complex nose with tobacco, cherry, marzipan and hints of raw potato and prunes. The palate has a lot of the same with the addition of some «heavy» fruits. Tight structure and good length. Ate it to salami pizza.
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8/5/2018 - ppandian wrote: 88 Points
Spicy, hot, with notes of cinnamon, raspberry and blueberry. Excellent wine.
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7/28/2018 - nadecesse wrote: 90 Points
Bouquet de roses, de framboises et de cerises amères légèrement terreuses, les arômes sont fins et l'ensemble expressif dès l'ouverture. Bouche très fraîche, fruitée et dotée d'une bonne pureté, sans toutefois être cristalline. Pas de note kirschée qui me déplaît souvent, l'équilibre est remarquable grâce à l'alcool bien intégrée et à la structure tannique assez fine et ferme à la fois. Bonne persistance en finale. Top achat pour le prix. Pourrait certainement s'affiner avec peu de repos. 90-91+
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7/5/2018 - JWG wrote: 92 Points
Still young but more than excellent. Nose is bright with volatile tones of what would normally be classic nebbiolo vapors -- of tar and roses, but here is definitely sharper, almost as if one can smell the acidity in the wine. The palate is also bright and young, but has heft and lip-smacking bright nebbiolo fruit along with some earthier tones, and after the wine has been open for a minimum of 30 minutes starts to show some definite tannic back end.
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6/19/2018 - micsauer Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very closed right now but shows great potential. Leave for at least 5-8 years!
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6/16/2018 - sommwines Likes this wine:
Tight and a bit awkward. Opened up a bit later with some classic nebbiolo notes. Was planning to use these as "defenders" to cellar my other Barbarescos longer, but probably will wait to drink the others.
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6/9/2018 - ChrisWagner Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really nice and enjoyable! A bit on the fruity side for a Nebbiolo, but with a couple years this would have much more secondary characteristics.
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6/2/2018 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 93 Points
I remember the first time that I tasted the 2014 Barbaresco normale, and how much it impressed me then. I’m happy to say that this bottle showed that lightning can strike twice. The 2014 Barbaresco showed a classic bouquet of dried roses with ripe strawberry, dusty minerals, hints of cinnamon and crushed mint. On the palate, I found initially soft textures with pure, ripe strawberry, which were quickly firmed up by a mix of fine tannin and brisk acidity. However, with all of the structural components in this glass, the experience remained quite enjoyable with inner floral tones, saline-minerality and persistent fresh red fruit. The finish was long, structured and lingering on dried strawberry, minerals and savory herbs. Yum!
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5/18/2018 - marcusdoshi wrote: 90 Points
Venue: Home; ; Wine Notes: | Eco Style | Conventional ;
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5/6/2018 - battytaxicab wrote: 90 Points
Rusty, tawny color. Dark cherry with rich, earthy aroma behind. Still quite tannic and very firm. Have four more left and will see if it opens up more but a little dubious since the color suggested it had matured well.
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5/6/2018 - depechemoroder Likes this wine: 89 Points
Not the style I love, but still pleasant and approachable young. Bigger and more extracted than usual, slightly liqueur-like cherry fruit with hints of ripe plums and chocolate. Tannins are grippy, but not on the scale you typically find. Just seems a bit hot and off, but very quaffable unlike most Nebbiolo. One for rich stews and not for cellaring.
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4/25/2018 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 87 Points
Ruinart Challenge and Winemaking Lecture (The Battery, SF): (blind)
Diminished color with some bricking, plus high tannins and medium acid suggested Nebbiolo.
I guessed 2012 Barolo Normale.
Actual: 2014 Barbaresco.
Analysis: I feel good about this call, even though last time I blinded this I nailed vintage and producer. That was definitely a bit lucky.
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4/24/2018 - thesternowl Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and poured. This was served during dinner with a large group so I was unable to capture formal notes. However, I do recall cherries, tar, scorched earth and I remember this bottle gaining power in the glass. Glad I have more. Delicious.
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4/16/2018 - hajoha wrote:
Drikker bra allerede nå.
Flott vin.
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4/15/2018 - ravikalaga Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened too young, vintage shows through and through. Dark fruits, brooding length and a finish that makes you want to come back to the wine again and again. Classic!
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4/15/2018 - Heynetty Likes this wine: 89 Points
Wine Dojo - Week 6 - Blind Man's Buff (Vinology, Houston, Tx): Tasted Blind
A:Pale Ruby
N:Violets and roses. Strawberry, red cherry, hummus. Medium (+) int. Developing
P: Aromas confirmed with some VA here on the palate and a dark bitterness on the back. Dry, medium (+) acid, medium (+) tannin intensity, body and finish. Alcohol high (14%) but so well integrated that i guessed it was lower initially.
C: Old world (not fruit driven)
Cool climate judging by acid and fruit ripeness
Varietal could be Nebbiolo or Sangiovese but something a bit bitter at the end which may be the tar expected of a Nebbiolo. Plumped for Nebbiolo in the end from Barbaresco as less impactful than Barolo.
Got this one right. If ever you are faced with a wine that looks like a Pinot Noir but has higher tannin and more florals, you know its a Nebbiolo.
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4/13/2018 - basianov wrote: 93 Points
This is glorious, even though it is still quite young! The nose is lively cherry with roses or maybe violets for that lovely Barbaresco femininity, with maybe a whiff of vanilla at the back? Bright, fresh, clean fruit taste with soft, but definitely dusty tannins in the mid-palate that are still propped up by a blast of acidity in the finish that will make this a food friendly wine. Good to drink alone near your fireplace or with a feast. I'm so happy that I have two more bottles to squirrel away to see how this progresses, but I think it is still ready to enjoy now. I agree with the previous poster - buy all you can!
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4/8/2018 - repoper wrote: 92 Points
Decanter all day. This is just crazy good. A blast of cherries in the nose. And has such balance. Beautiful mouthful of cherries and just a hint of tar , roses and flowers. This is so good now I can’t imagine where it will be in a few years. 92 today with upside in 4-5 years. Best Produttori basic I’ve ever had. Buy all you can.
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4/3/2018 - mattstolz11 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened and slow ox'd 3 hours, then double decanted 30 minutes before serving. Definitely still young, but fun to drink and easy to appreciate now. dusty tannins but bright red fruit, great acid undertones, and hinting at some interesting aromatics to come. Time to buy a few more to watch these evolve over the next 10 years.
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3/29/2018 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 92 Points
At the beginning super young but slightly open, with beautiful aromatics of red cherries, violets, some tobacco, also some mineral notes and a touch of white pepper. Closing down after.a while with some more air. Beautiful structure with medium-high but super silky tannin, high acidity and very good length. All this needs is time... (92+)
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3/29/2018 - EMAZurich Likes this wine: 92 Points
Piemont Trip; 3/28/2018-4/1/2018 (Barbaresco, Barolo): Ist klar viel zu jung. Aber trotzdem irgendwie schön. Tolle, frische Säure. Feingliedrige Tannine von höchster Qualität. Weichselfrucht, die aber im Miment eher verhalten ist.
Nach einer Stunde:
Irgendwie noch verhaltener. Das Ding verschliesst sich schnell, wenn Ihr das jetzt versuchen wollt schnell trinken!
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3/11/2018 - ludwigbpm wrote: 92 Points
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3/11/2018 - Kemo Sabe wrote: 91 Points
Always find this wine to be enjoyable and especially the price tag. Beginning to show some nuance and complexity. Deep dark purple color. Still a lot of tannin but plenty of acid and fruit as well. Just really young. These wines last a very long time and this one will improve. Popped and poured but give it a few hours in the decanter if you can.
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3/10/2018 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Tasted over three days, alongside the 2012 vintage. The first time tasting this since a 07/17 visit to the winery. Came away with all the same impressions, especially alongside the deeper 2012. This is a wine of energy, lift, and verve. It conveys floral and berry notes, along with interesting juniper berry and hibiscus essences. The wine lacks for nothing, including roundness. It is not, however, of the same quality as the declassified 2010 and 2012 vintages. Might it put on weight and depth with age? Certainly! Is it likely to? Most likely not. 92-93.
Excellent and highly enjoyable for what it is!
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3/7/2018 - FjordogFjell Likes this wine: 90 Points
315 NOK. :-D 4,5/5 Smaking med Aldo Vacca på Bevaremegvel: Litt kunstig lukt og støv, luftes bort. Lett sødme.
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3/3/2018 - Mrblak Likes this wine: 98 Points
Really good barbaresco for the price. It will be better in 10years and has the potential for more. I strongly recommend.
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2/27/2018 - EMichels wrote: 89 Points
Bright; Youthful; Precise
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2/26/2018 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 92 Points
Slightly closed on the PnP, but opens up with a little air to some dried and sour cherries, rose petals, leather, and hints of tar. Mouthwatering acidity, though well balanced with the alcohol and coarse tannins. Can't wait to see how this wine evolves over the next 10-20 years.
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2/19/2018 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 88 Points
MNB: Non-Champagne Traditional Method Sparklers (Home (Noe st)): (Blind)
Pale ruby. Slightly confected red cherry. Beautiful ripe and dried cherry. Damp earth, petrichor. Some development - time in neutral barrels.
Dry, medium body, 13.5% alcohol (actually 14%), medium plus tannins - chewy, medium plus acid.
Laterals:
- Barolo/Barbaresco (too low alcohol, tannins)
- Langhe Nebbiolo - too high in quality, complexity, finish.
- Chianti - too low in acid.
- Grenache - acid too high.
- Pinot - too tannic.
- Etna Rosso - would have higher acid and probably not as clean fruit.
Final call: 2014 basic Barbaresco, Produttori.
Correct on all counts! Definitely a bit lucky, but this also just tastes like what it is.
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2/18/2018 - ESTEELE90 Likes this wine:
Tasting. Brief note. Pnp. Nose and palate are showing nicely right now with plenty of tight red fruits, florals, spice. Midpalate shows off the fruits and florals framed by oaky/grainy tannins and streaky acidity. Finish is spice driven and medium. Nice
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2/17/2018 - G.A. Parker wrote:
Nose was surprisingly similar to the older wines we drank before it with vanilla oak and dried fruit (perhaps leftover from my glass?), however palate was very fresh with red fruits, balanced, a bit of astringency on the finish.
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2/17/2018 - fred o. Likes this wine:
double decanted a couple of hours in advance. light translucent ruby color. Nose bright sour cherries, quite open -- perhaps decanting helped. Palate right roses/tar, lightly dusty tannins on finish. Very nice and great QPR. Obviously young but approachable with a decant. 93 pts
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2/17/2018 - Aravind Asok wrote:
My first bottle of a 2014 Barbaresco, and it was a good start. This was popped and poured, but given about 30 minutes ox. Great nose with beautiful soft rose and loads of red fruit. Fantastic acidity on the palate, with a rather tannic finish. Definitely needs lots of time, but quite charming already.
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2/9/2018 - Justin S wrote: 90 Points
Ate at a restaurant in D.C. offering this by the glass and jumped at the chance to "check in" on this wine without killing one of my own bottles. Very tight right now. Fresh acidity permeates the entire wine and is ahead of the fruit and slightly ahead of the tannin. Quite primary at this point, but the quality and flavor seems to be there. Didn’t open up in the glass, but could have been a PnP by the restaurant. Needs 3-4 years.
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2/8/2018 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
This is a nice wine. Elegant, yet structured with good concentration. Red fruited with spice and light licorice accents. An excellent value.
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2/7/2018 - ant-1 Likes this wine:
Nez de rose et de fraise, sur un thème léger et floral à contrario des nebbiolos plus sur la terre et le goudron. En bouche c'est léger, aérien mais avec un rappel terrestre en la présence en fin de bouche de tanins qui agrippent sans lacérer. Un peu d'humus, de la rose, c'est délicat. C'est déjà ouvert, bu avec un repas de pizzas au zataar et à la tomate italienne fraîche c'est un régal. Encore ? Une demi caisse ? Une caisse ? Tout un RQP.
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2/4/2018 - melzar wrote: 88 Points
Probably will gain a couple of points with a few years of bottle age. Very approachable even now. Very Nebbiolo with light body, good fruit, and plenty of tannic grip.
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1/31/2018 - alphalam Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still very young. Some carbonation when opened which goes away after some decanting. On the palate it was licorice, strawberry with noticeable tannins. Should be ready in a couple (3-5) years. I will buy more but will sit on it for at least 3 years.
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1/27/2018 - David J Cooper wrote: 92 Points
Clear medium light red. Medium intense cherry and berry nose with a hint of herbs and earth. Delicious dry berry fruit. The finish is incredibly tannic.
Lots of potential here.
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1/20/2018 - kend707 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lacks much noise, but large on flavor. Red cherry, loads of tannin and acid. Decanting did not improve over the pnp experience. Still evolving. Will last at least fifteen more years.
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1/16/2018 - Breaktheory Likes this wine: 88 Points
I think I’m giving up on buying young barbaresco and barolos - not a bad wine but clearly needs another 5 years before beginning to show potential - leather plum menthol licorice and dark berries but all overwhelmed by tannins that need a few years to integrate - it opened up after about 3 hours to something more flavorful but not something I would buy again - I think a Nebbiolo younger than 10 years is just something I won’t be buying again
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12/28/2017 - FjordogFjell wrote: 90 Points
:-9 Flott kirsebær frukt og tre.
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11/30/2017 - WetRock wrote:
The structure is well ahead of the fruit right now. Good balance between tannin and acid though some integration is needed there. The fruit concentration seemed low to me which would give me pause on any extended cellaring. This is probably going to be very good in ten years. In twenty the fruit will likely be struggling to express above the acidity.
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11/26/2017 - ex-sommelier Likes this wine:
Decanted for 2hrs. Robust aromas of candied red fruit, red licorice, fennel, and floral pastille. Full, sappy texture with broad acidity and predictably gripping tannin. This is another standout 'Le Torre' from Produttori, it has some youthful appeal with its forceful structure and already impressive complexity, but it will be phenomenal in ten years. Drink after 2020.
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11/26/2017 - Gian wrote: 90 Points
Great q/p , red fruits, cherries, menthol, obviously young, will improve with time but anyway if decanted at least 2/3 hours give you a nice surprise. I must buy more
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11/19/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Decanted for 4 hours before pouring. Light red. All menthol and fennel. Light body. Some cherry fruit tries to find its way through, but it is squashed by the overwhelming green tones. Little texture, grainy tannins. A cooler vintage exposition for sure, and ultimately too meager for me to be confident about recommending or buying. Poor showing for a Produttori bottling, even at the low end-more akin to a generic Nebbiolo.
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11/5/2017 - JOsgood wrote:
Clean and clear in color. Big cherry on the palate. Elegant and understated. Nice vintage for this wine.
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10/28/2017 - konquest wrote: 91 Points
Floral, long with tons of potential ahead.
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10/25/2017 - Rechrom wrote: 91 Points
Very nice, with dark fruits, cherry, rose, tar and savory notes. Nice nose of berry and some herb. Good balance. Excellent basic barbaresco that once again is batting above its prose point.
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9/28/2017 - redwhiteandrich Likes this wine: 88 Points
Took about an hour for what seemed like tca to blow off then came stewed cherries and roses. $16 at Costco, my new house red at that price.
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8/25/2017 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 92 Points
The nose was dark with mineral-laced strawberry, dusty florals, sweet spice and hints of cedar. On the palate, I found juicy, energetic textures offset by tart cherry, strawberry, cedar tones and savory minerals. Saturating tannin and minerals lasted long into the structured finish.
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8/11/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
I think my first eight words were all the same, "wow!". Very content to sit and smell this for (ever?) several minutes; it's clear this is just winegrowing/winemaking on another level. Bright and energetic, this is classically built, with great weight and energy to the medium body. Deeply sapid, this wine just pulses with energy. Pomegranate, strawberries, limestone, soil, cherries, etc. Fantastic. You need at least a case. Plus magnums. Should continue to evolve for 15-20 years.
14,0% abv. highly recommended+
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7/20/2017 - Sven D wrote: 88 Points
Tasted at the winery. Classic Produttori Barbaresco, on the fruit, elegant style and very good now but will not go as far as the better 2013 that shows more balance and has more backbone.
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7/7/2017 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Tasted at the winery on 7/3. Bright and tangy red fruits, violets, orange zest, and layered earth and minerality on the bouquet. Overall, traditional and compelling. The wine makes its mark on the palate, delivering an amalgam of precision, firmness, and roundness, a rarity for wines in this price range. Each smell and taste imparted strong senses purpose and identity. Overall, it shows similar structure to the 2010 and 2012 vintages, though not as weighty as the latter, with floral lift similar to the 2008 and 2011 vintages. If this fleshes out, and it may, it will be spectacular (94-95 points). If not, it is a very fine 93 point wine.
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5/26/2017 - EgilS Likes this wine: 92 Points
Well balanced, good fruit. To drink by itself or with meat.
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5/8/2017 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tasted at the winery. Agree 100% with Wine Strategies note from below; this is a very impressive normale release. Not that I have much to add to his note, but here goes. Classic nose of cherry and menthol, but fresher, brighter and deeper than the Langhe Nebbiolo. Medium to full bodied (14% ABV) with a lot more richness and depth. Complex mix of red fruit with red cherry, strawberry and tart cherry interwoven with some deeper redfruit notes behind. Already shows good integration between the upfront fruit and the background structure such that you end up with a multi-layered wine with a real roundness and an excellent transition to the lengthy finish. This is almost certainly one of the better bargains out there and I'm excited to see how it ages.
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4/3/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Stunning. Tasted today during the Grandi Langhe event in Neive. In a room full of Barbaresco wines from dozens of producers, showing many vintages (to show a vertical context), this wine was in a category all its own. Electric was the word that kept repeating in my head, this is so fresh, so balanced. This may be my favorite new release classico in the past decade; likely even more than that. It's thrilling. Medium-bodied with great cut, the layers of red fruit come with plenty of citrus and pomegranate/strawberry aromas and flavors. If you're a fan of this house, I strongly suggest you consider multiple cases. May well end up being one of those wines that's always going to be on point; a life of 20+ years should be no problem at all. A masterpiece of freshness, structure and elegance. highly recommended+
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