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Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Asili, 2008

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Produttori del Barbaresco
$169.99
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The most perfumed of the nine — Asili, the cru that often gets called Barbaresco's most feminine, in classical-vintage form. Produttori del Barbaresco is the celebrated cooperative founded in 1958 by small Barbaresco growers; in strong years they bottle nine single-cru Riservas after roughly five years of aging (three years in large Slavonian botti plus six to twelve months in bottle). If Montestefano is the muscle and Rabajà the spine, Asili is the perfume — the most aromatic, elegant, lifted of the nine, all rose petal, red cherry, and silky fragrance. The 2008 vintage in Piedmont was classical and structured, giving Asili a bit more frame than it sometimes has, and seventeen years on this is just hitting its window: tannins polishing out, that legendary aromatic lift emerging in full bloom, with another decade of upside ahead.

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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"Good bright, dark red. Enticing, Burgundian aromas of cherry, raspberry, wild herbs, spices and truffle, accented by high notes of rose petal and orange peel. Rich, round and fat with concentrated fruit, but given a light touch by harmonious acidity. A real fruit bomb, with complicating nuances of spices and herbs. The rising finish features very fine-grained tannins that arrive late and explosive juicy freshness. Has the firm spine and reserve to support a long and graceful evolution in bottle. A great vintage for this cru." —Stephen Tanzer

More about Produttori del Barbaresco

Cooperative founded in 1958 with 51 members farming nearly 100 hectares of Nebbiolo in Barbaresco. From humble church basement beginnings, they now produce over 500,000 bottles annually, including nine single-vineyard cuvées. Real Barbaresco from the producers who saved the region's soul.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2008

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Tajarin with butter and white truffle, duck breast with cherry sauce, risotto alla Milanese, veal scaloppine with porcini, aged Robiola Tre Latti, roasted quail with herbs.

Tasting Profile

Rose petal, red cherry, dried strawberry, sweet tobacco, blood orange, mineral lift, sandalwood. Silky resolving tannins, perfumed aromatic core, classical 2008 acidity intact, long elegant lifted finish.

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