{"product_id":"produttori-del-barbaresco-barbaresco-montestefano-2007-1-5l","title":"Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Montestefano, 2007 (1.5L)","description":"Montestefano is the cru Produttori del Barbaresco nicknames \"the Barolo of Barbaresco.\" This magnum is from 2007, a year the producer calls \"almost a perfect vintage,\" and it now has nearly two decades behind it. The slope faces south to south-east, and its soil is among the highest in calcium of any Barbaresco vineyard. The co-op credits that calcium for the wine's powerful tannic structure, and the slope's extra heat for its full body and almost meaty texture. 2007 set a record for an early harvest, though not because of a hot summer, which was actually fairly cool. A mild, snowless winter simply woke the vines up two weeks early. Picking started on 16 September and went slowly for almost three weeks in spectacular weather, bringing in thick-skinned grapes from a crop about 20% smaller than usual. The producer describes the vintage as powerful, ripe and balanced, and built for a long life. Bottles like this are why Produttori is one of the great cellar values in wine: serious single-vineyard Nebbiolo that has had the time it needs, in the format collectors prize for slow, graceful aging. Open it well ahead and give it air.","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524981166137,"sku":"NYC-[CNSN]-TTSUMMER0826-092226-150-16","price":259.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Produttori-del-Barbaresco-Barbaresco-Montestefano-2007-1_5L-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1790154626","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/produttori-del-barbaresco-barbaresco-montestefano-2007-1-5l","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}