1977 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco

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  10/24/2020 - forceberry wrote: 84 Points

  A traditionalist Barbaresco, fermented in stainless steel tanks (the first vintage to be put into stainless steel!) and macerated with the skins for 25-30 days. 13,5% alcohol. Decanted for 2 hours. Tasted in Produttori del Barbaresco 2016-1970 vertical.
  
  Very evolved and surprisingly dark reddish-mahogany color with a pale brown rim. Moderately oxidative and somewhat pungent nose with aromas of hoi sin, some tobacco, a little bit of tar, light licorice root tones, a sweet hints of soft, wizened strawberry and rowanberry marmalade and a touch of beef jerky. The wine is old, savory and textural on the palate with a medium body and tertiary flavors of salt-cured beef, sour cherry bitterness, some meaty umami, a little bit of soy sauce, light sanguine notes of raw game, a mushroomy hint of porcini and a touch of dried roses. The overall feel is surprisingly acid-driven with the high acidity and still quite grippy tannins. The finish is long, dry and somewhat oxidative with firm tannic grip and tertiary flavors of dried cherries, some salty soy sauce, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, light leathery tones, a ferrous hint of blood and a touch of tar.
  
  A still impressively structured but otherwise somewhat tired Barbaresco that has a rather off-putting, oxidative nose, but much more balanced and harmonious taste. The wine is already past its peak and the fruit has, for the most part, faded away while the oxidation is creeping in, but fortunately the flavors still retain enough depth and complexity to keep the wine somewhat rewarding. It might be that there was some bottle variation and this was more advanced than a bottle in pristine condition, but seeing how the rainy 1977 wasn't a particularly memorable vintage in Barbaresco, I doubt it will benefit from any further aging. Most likely it is high time to drink up. Not really worth the 47,55€ anymore.

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  8/23/2020 - bps2266 wrote:

  brown on the initial pour but took on more red hue after an hour in the decanter. nose stewed cherry with mushrooms and forest floor. medium bodied, mildly acidic. nice savory cherry fruits left, decent length, and faint fine tannins on the back. a solid if not spectacular old wine.

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  11/7/2018 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:

  another really good bottle. clean, bright, the fruit still feels young, but the aromatics also show secondary and tertiary influences. the finish is a bit short but the wine is really good. Decanted 8 hours ahead of drinking.

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  6/11/2018 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:

  A really great bottle. Decanted for about 8 hours though, perhaps I didn't give the previous one long enough? But with this one the thing was lovely and very explosive and gorgeous aromatically right when opened. There is still some fruit, gentle stewed cherry. There is also blood and stone/chalk minerality, something minty/herbal is mixed in on the nose, and there are hints of truffle-y musky, foxiness. Balanced and just so pretty on the palate. This is very lovely wine, and it is definitely tertiary but also very much alive.

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  6/20/2017 - Rezy13 wrote:

  Lee's 40th $80+ Double Blind (Roswell, GA): Dull maroon, brownish rim, cloudy, looks old; charcoal; on palate this shows celery seed, fennel, some dried cherry, smoky, roses, brown sugar; nose made this seem tired and over the hill but still not dump-worthy; I got there late and this was showing better earlier as the starter wine; called '82 Produttori Barbaresco.

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