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Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Rio Sordo Riserva 2016
Produttori del Barbaresco

Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Rio Sordo Riserva 2016

Sale price$179.99

— Rio Sordo is a long southwest-facing hillside with light limestone soils that yield silky, seductive wines of great balance.
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— This isn't just a great year, it's a generational benchmark.
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— Sourced from a premium private cellar

Origin

Piedmont Barbaresco, Italy

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SKU: PBRS201610 UCAU
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TASTING NOTES

This is the kind of wine that turns any dinner into a memorable occasion. The 2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Rio Sordo Riserva is all about silky elegance and seductive balance, thanks to grapes grown on a prized southwest-facing hillside with light limestone soils.

On the palate, you’ll find lush, ripe cherry and dark berry flavors wrapped in a velvety texture with a whisper of spice that keeps things interesting without overpowering. It’s plush but refined, showcasing the perfect harmony that only a truly special vintage can deliver.

Pour this with rich pastas, roasted game, or even a decadent mushroom risotto—any dish that calls for a wine that savors the moment as much as you do.

TASTING PROFILE
  • LIGHT
  • FULL
  • LOW TANNIN
  • TANNIC
  • SWEET
  • DRY
  • LOW ACIDITY
  • HIGH ACIDITY

Classification: Red

Variety: Nebbiolo

Vintage: 2016

Bottle : 750ml (Bottle)

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Alcohol: 14.5%

Cellaring: 15 Plus Years

Scores

97/100

The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo is a charming and more fruit-forward wine with a fresh and lush texture. Drinking well now, it offers a silky texture with sweet tannins and is flush with kirsch, raspberry liqueur, and blood orange. For all of its joyful charm, it still retains fresh tension that is going to have lots of life ahead of it. Drink 2023-2043.

As one of the most important and quality-minded co-operatives in the world, Produttori del Barbaresco is currently composed of 51 growers across Barbaresco. Founded in 1894 by Domizio Cavazza, the headmaster of the Royal Enological School of Alba, it was originally a collection of nine growers. Today the operations are managed by Aldo Vacca, who was formerly the assistant to Angelo Gaja for 15 years. (Audrey Frick)

Jeb Dunnuck

Scores

96/100

The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo takes it up a notch if you consider the tasting of each one of these single-vineyard wines tasted in order. With the Rio Sordo, you really start to feel the textural richness and fruit weight that can be achieved with Nebbiolo in a great vintage. This vintage is compact and tightly woven together, suggesting a forecast for an extra long drinking window. The Alutto and Marengo families farm the fruit used in this blend. This wine will live long, and I love that touch of candied licorice that appears on the close (especially when you come back to the open bottle 24 hours later). Production is 11,355 bottles.

Monica Larner

Scores

95/100

Eucalyptus, cut hay and licorice accent the cherry, plum and mineral flavors in this suave red. Firm and powerful, with assertive, nervous tannins and vibrant acidity. A bit jumbled today, yet there is energy and length on the finish indicating its future potential.

Bruce Sanderson

Scores

94/100

The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo is a serious, somber wine. Black cherry, plum, lavender, spice and menthol show off the darker side of Nebbiolo to great effect. In most vintages, Rio Sordo is an easygoing wine, but not in 2016. Readers will find a potent, brooding yet mid-weight Barbaresco that screams with character. What a way to start this tasting!

Antonio Galloni

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