2007 Produttori del Barbaresco Muncagota Riserva

Produttori del Barbaresco is one of the few great cooperatives in the wine world. It has 56 members and a total of 250 acres of Nebbiolo planted vineyards in Barbaresco. The coop produces only wines from the Nebbiolo grape, and the average total number of bottles produced each year is 420,000. In good vintages the wines are divided into the standard Barbaresco (40%), single vineyard Barbaresco riservas (40%) and the Nebbiolo Langhe (20%). In off vintages they only produce the standard Barbaresco and the Nebbiolo Langhe.The nine single vineyards produced in good vintages are: Asili, Rabaja, Pora, Montestefano, Ovello, Pajé, Montefico, Muncagota (Moccagata) and Rio Sordo.

Tasting note on the 2007 Produttori del Barbaresco Muncagota Riserva

The colour is light red. The nose is really singing. Huge amount of cherries, but there is also some floral notes, dirt and licquorice. Very promising nose.

On the palate; strawberries, rocks soily and plum. I use the soily description from time to time, but this is real dirt. Not in a bad way though. Very interesting. Feels like I took a handfull of soil and put it in my mouth, and I love it.  The finnish is dry, starting off with sour cherries, then a leather component is added before it get's more mineral. At the end it gets dark. The wine has a very good acidity

This wine is very good, but I get the feeling it's holding a bit back. This should have potential to get better. It might be that it's getting into a dumb phase. 92 points