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Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Pora, 2016

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Produttori del Barbaresco
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If you're going to start anywhere in the Produttori del Barbaresco cru lineup, start with Pora. Its vines run down toward the Tanaro river, and the wine comes out rounder and more open-armed than its neighbors — generous fruit up front, with the tannic spine still very much intact underneath. From the excellent 2016 vintage, this is Nebbiolo doing the full trick: wild cherry and blood orange, dried rose, leather, spice and sweet earth. Ten years in, it is genuinely drinking now, which is not something you can say about every serious Barbaresco at this age. It will also keep going for a good long while, so there's no wrong answer here. Open it an hour ahead and put it next to something braised.

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Antonio Galloni

95 points

"The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Pora is a brooding wine, its mid-weight structure notwithstanding. Iron, smoke, tobacco, cedar and dried flowers add a feral, earthy quality that is so appealing. Pora is often one of the more approachable Riservas in this range, but the 2016 is an exception. Readers should be prepared to cellar it for at least a few years." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

95 points

"Starting off this tasting of new Riservas from Produttori del Barbaresco is the 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Pora. This is a beautifully elegant and silky wine with a soft entry of wild berry fruit, lilac and wild rose. The bouquet opens gracefully with a fluid, slow-building intensity that feels silky and delicate to all the senses. It holds back from showing any overt or determined level of power, remaining instead silky and smooth throughout. It treads quietly and softly. Production is 13,403 bottles, and fruit is sourced from the Dellaferrera and Manzone family vineyards. I came back to this wine 24 hours after the bottle was open and added one more point to my score." —Monica Larner

Decanter

93 points

"Since 1958, 50 families have come together in this cooperative in order to share their grape production, making some of the best Barbaresco wines from a quality-price point of view. The fierce, classic character of the five-starred 2016 vintage emerges in this ruby-colored Riserva. It's intensely floral, with fruit aromas ranging between strawberry and raspberry. A mineral tone of petrichor or wet slate introduces a savory character, joined by firm, chewy tannins and acidity, still rugged at present but often able to evolve. A complex wine worth seeking out, even if it's not easy to drink right now."

Wine Spectator

95 points

"This red is saturated with bright cherry, strawberry and currant fruit. Mint, iron, tar and green, vegetal elements peek through as this evolves on the palate through the long finish. Assertive tannins put the grip on the finish, yet the intense fruit will come forward with time."

Kerin O'Keefe

91 points

"Violet and mature berry aromas mingle with whiffs of underbrush and spice. On the firmly structured palate, blood orange, licorice and sandalwood accent a core of spirit-soaked cherries while tightly wound, fine-grained tannins provide the assertive backbone. The heat of evident alcohol lingers on the finish." —Kerin O'Keefe

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

    2016

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Braised beef, osso buco, tajarin with butter and sage, porcini, aged alpine cheese.

Tasting Profile

Dry and full-bodied with firm but rounded tannins. Wild cherry, blood orange, dried rose, leather and spice; bright acidity, savory earth, long finish.

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