Produttori del Barbaresco 2018

Produttori del Barbaresco 2018

Wonderfully balanced and refined Barbaresco, this Nebbiolo based wine is surprisingly approachable with lots of open fruit and spice. Most of you are probably thinking that the wine will be full of the traditionally fearsome tannic signature one might find in young Barbaresco, but it isn’t at all. The 2018 Produttori has enough lift and length that makes it incredibly elegant. It also has some deceptive age ability; balance does wonders for a wine’s longevity and this wine will not have a problem going for another decade, yet its early drinkability will force you to keep coming back and back to this wine! Try it with your favorite braised meat, risotto or grilled sausage with polenta, youll love it.

Critical Acclaim

95 Jeb Dunnuck

No crus were produced in 2018. The 2018 Barbaresco is aromatically expressive, with a perfumed and mineral character, with rocky earth. It has medium body, good concentration, and plenty of fruit and mineral earth that drive through the finish. An outstanding value, drink 2025-2045.

93 James Suckling

Lovely barbaresco, with all the typical nebbiolo characteristics, such as red berries, mushrooms and dried leaves, as well as hints of bitter orange peel and spice. All this follows through to the medium-to full-bodied palate, where fine, lightly firm tannins add a little grip and additional focus.

93 Wine Advocate

Packaged in its distinctive brown paper label, the Produttori del Barbaresco 2018 Barbaresco is a beautifully lean and luminous expression of Nebbiolo, and that pretty color should remain intact over time. The aromas are bold and ripe with dark and purple fruit, but the bouquet shows interesting twists with earth, truffle, licorice and grilled herb. As the wine opens in the glass, you begin to notice heavier aromas of raisin and dried apricot.

92 Vinous

In 2018 the Produttori did not bottle their Riservas. Instead, all of the best lots of those grapes went into the straight Barbaresco bottling, another in a long string of successes from this historic house. Dark cherry, cedar, tobacco and spice fill out the layers. There is good depth and a good deal of tannin too, just not the complexity or nuance of the very best years.

92 Wine Spectator

A firm, dry red marked by hay, earth and ripe cherry. Reveals underlying juiciness, but overall this is lean and unyielding now, with dense tannins and buried fruit. Only the finish signals its potential.