2017 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Ovello, Piedmont

The profile of this 2017 Riserva is completely different from the more graceful and balanced 2019. Nevertheless, the Ovello of Cantina Produttori del Barbaresco is a fiercely rustic yet good example. Restrained if not reductive, it opens up to reveal tobacco and dried cherry aromas with a lot of minty minerality. Austere and dark, it features crisp acidity and muscular tannins with a slightly rustic finish. Traditionally a great price-quality ratio.

93 points Aldo Fiordelli decanter.com

One of the bigger productions (with 17,744 bottles) in the Produttori del Barbaresco's portfolio is the 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello. All of the Riservas in this vintage are characterized by especially exuberant and bold aromas, and this bottle is a prime example. Cassis, wild cherry, tobacco, rusty nail and licorice build intensity. The wine is tapered and silky in texture, but it also offers a good amount of power (and 15% alcohol) to carry it through the aging process.

94 points Monica Larner robertparker.com Jun 2022 Drink 2024 - 2045

The Produttori del Barbaresco vinifies exclusively Nebbiolo grapes from the vineyards owned by the 50 associated farmers.
In each vintage a Barbaresco wine and a Nebbiolo Langhe are produced. The first, produced since 1958, is the result of the assembly of grapes from different vineyards in the area of ​​origin. It is the wine that has made the history of the company and that is synonymous with quality, typicality and convenience all over the world. The second, marketed for the first time in 1975, is the result of the vinification of Nebbiolo grapes from the younger vineyards.
Nebbiolo Langhe is thus an excellent wine to approach this great grape variety and to understand its personality in a simpler and more immediate form.
In some vintages, uniformly considered excellent throughout the area of ​​origin, nine Barbarescos are also produced from specific vineyards and marketed after four years, as Riserva. These are all historical vineyards of great fame that the same Barbaresco Producers has contributed to making famous: Asili, Montefico, Montestefano, Muncagota, Ovello, Pajè, Pora, Rabajà, Rio Sordo.
Produced since 1967, only in great vintages, and all vinified in exactly the same way, they allow the enthusiast a unique experience, almost a walk through the Barbaresco vineyards, savoring the different nuances and characteristics of each one.