Reviews
Technical Details
- BlendNebbiolo
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- AppellationBarbaresco
- VineyardOvello
- Oak36 months in large oak barrels and 12 months in bottles
- Alcohol14%
Produttori Barbaresco Riserva Ovello 2013
‘13 Ovello? 96 and 95+ points? Well, to quote Produttori: “Ovello is the northernmost vineyard in the village of Barbaresco, higher on the sea level and dropping down to the river in a 300 feet, abrupt bluff. It is a relatively large area with a number of subzones with West and East exposure, all sharing a similar calcareous soils rich in clay. The extra clay and the cooler microclimate give the Ovello its exuberant and youthful quality in the fruit and its fuller body, which defines its distinctive personality. Explosive fruit on the palate and firm, sometime rough, tannins on the finish, these wines always bring a lot of joy to the palate and deliver powerful structure, that needs some years of bottle ageing to balance out.”
This is a wine to cellar, for certain. I’m loathe to say much more, because these wines so mind-bogglingly over-deliver, it is simply a JOY, and I want to keep them all for myself. So, delete this email - forget I ever said anything!!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.