2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Ovello Riserva Barbaresco

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With exactly 16,090 bottles made, the Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello is another stellar experience in this series of nine single-vineyard Riserva wines from Barbaresco's most successful wine cooperative. The Ovello is quite sharp and defined in terms of its aromas of wild cherry, dried violet and powdered licorice. Those mineral tones are very clear in this classic vintage. However, the Ovello finishes on a slightly softer note (compared to the Pajè) with a finer and more approachable tannin. The blended fruit for this cru is supplied by the Audasso, Cavallo, Cravanzola, Gonella, Grasso, Maffei, Odore, Sarotto, Unio, Vacca and Varaldo families. Drink 2024 - 2048.
96 points
Monica Larner - Wine Advocate (June 2021)

The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello is the most severe and angular of these wines. It will appeal most to die-hard classicists. Chalk, white pepper, mint and sweet red cherry fruit all grace this chiseled, beautifully translucent Barbaresco. As always, the Ovello needs a number of years in bottle to reveal its charms, which in 2016 are many. It is a positively stellar wine in every way. Drink 2026 - 2041.
97+ points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

Powerful, plum and darker fruit, mint and roses. Fills the mouth, strawberry and bricks and tea. Finish is very good. Very firm chamois-like tannin and dusting of white pepper. So tightly knit, almost aggressive. Drink 2026-2042+.
96+ points
Gary Walsh - The Wine Front