Reviews
96 Wine Enthusiast -
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Balsamic aromas of camphor and new leather mingle with scorched earth and mature black-skinned berry on this full-bodied red. Mirroring the nose, the enveloping palate delivers ripe Marasca cherry, black raspberry and licorice alongside tightly knit, fine-grained tannins before a hazelnut close. Drink 2022?2030.
95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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The Produttori del Barbaresco 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Montefico boasts a solid center of gravity with dark fruit, plum, spice and spent embers. Everything about this wine is sultry, velvety and succulent. It goes to follow that the wine's structure is more pronounced, contoured and shapely. This Riserva delivers more sheer fruit weight (in the context of the always elegant Nebbiolo grape) that is carried with grace and poise throughout. Some 16,666 bottles were released.
95 Decanter -
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Montefico lies immediately to the south of Ovello and just north of Montestefano. Produttori's first single-vineyard release from this site was in 1970. In 2015, it seems to combine the tightness of Asili with the fragrant, red-fruited beauty of Muncagota. There's some earthy complexity and black pepper spice, accompanied by gentle but purposeful acidity.
94 Wine Spectator -
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Savory notes of salty licorice and eucalyptus combine with cherry, plum and tar flavors in this beefy red, which is broad, maintaining a sense of freshness, with ripe tannins that are well-integrated and balanced. The savory note echoes on the finish.
Technical Details
- BlendNebbiolo
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- AppellationBarbaresco
- Alcohol14.5%
Produttori Barbaresco Riserva Montefico 2015
Nebbiolo | Italy
WE96, WA95, D95, WS94, VN93+
Too late, we are SOLD OUT!
We just get so little of these each year (and frankly we buy most of our allocation for ourselves, sorry :)) but the 2015s are on a different plane....these are stunning. As the Wine Advocate put so well, "Produttori del Barbaresco is one of Italy's ultimate values for your money." The Montefco is spectacular and tightly wound right now but will provide decades of pleasure for a price that still very affordable.
About the Producer
The legendary Produttori del Barbaresco, founded in 1958 in Barbaresco, creates some of the finest values in the entire world of wine. As Robert Parker once put it, Produttori "...continues to set some of the highest standards of winemaking for any cooperative in the world." With 51 members contributing their grapes, controlling 250 acres of world-class Nebbiolo from a variety of terroirs and exposures.