{"product_id":"produttori-del-barbaresco-barbaresco-riserva-ovello-2017-1-5l","title":"Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Ovello, 2017 (1.5L)","description":"Only 1,128 magnums of the 2017 Ovello Riserva were made, and this is one of them: single-vineyard Barbaresco from the Produttori del Barbaresco, still among the best values for cellar-worthy wine anywhere. The Produttori nickname Ovello \"The Tomboy.\" Its calcareous limestone is rich in clay, and together with a cooler microclimate that gives explosive fruit and firm, sometimes rough tannins that need a few years in bottle to settle into balance. The site has real pedigree, too: Domizio Cavazza already had vines here when he began making Barbaresco in 1894, and in 1967 Ovello was one of the first five vineyards the Produttori bottled on its own. 2017 was hard work in the vineyard. Spring frost, a May hailstorm in Ovello and a hot, dry summer cut the crop by about 20%, but the producer found the quality exciting and calls it a medium-bodied vintage with ripe, balanced tannins and an elegant finish, a welcome counterweight to this cru's muscle. The winemaking is old-school: 28 days on the skins and at least 30 months in large 25–50 hl oak barrels. The grapes come from eleven member families, among them Audasso, Cavallo, Gonella and Vacca. Getting into this co-op is so hard there's a waiting list, and members can't hold any wine back for labels of their own. The producer gives it 20 years from the vintage, and the magnum, the format collectors prize for slower aging, makes a proper centerpiece for the table.","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525011181625,"sku":"NYC-[CNSN]-TTSUMMER0826-092226-281-34","price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Produttori-del-Barbaresco-Barbaresco-Riserva-Ovello-2017-1_5L-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1790154994","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/produttori-del-barbaresco-barbaresco-riserva-ovello-2017-1-5l","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}