Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo 2024This Nebbiolo has all the classic charm you'd expect from Piedmont, bright red cherries, dried roses, and a touch of tar, delivering exceptional quality for the price. The Produttori del Barbaresco cooperative, located between Alba and Asti, has played a key role in elevating the reputation of Barbaresco wines. Founded in 1958 by a visionary village priest who united 19 small growers, the winery has since grown to include over 50 members cultivating

Five years on the lees gives a wonderful homemade pastry note

This is a polished and expressive interpretation of Friuli red

However this particular strain of Trebbiano is known as Turbiana

Mourvedre and Cinsault

The unique soil known here as 'Ponca' (a kind of eocenic marl for the geology geeks) lends the wine a unique mineral profile

following six hours of meticulously controlled maceration

dried apricots

approachable

balancing lively acidity with polished

and ripe plum

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

and a gentle herbal edge