Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Pora, 2016
If you're going to start anywhere in the Produttori del Barbaresco cru lineup, start with Pora. Its vines run down toward the Tanaro river, and the wine comes out rounder and more open-armed than its neighbors — generous fruit up front, with the tannic spine still very much intact underneath. From the excellent 2016 vintage, this is Nebbiolo doing the full trick: wild cherry and blood orange, dried rose, leather, spice and sweet earth. Ten years in, it is genuinely drinking now, which is not something you can say about every serious Barbaresco at this age. It will also keep going for a good long while, so there's no wrong answer here. Open it an hour ahead and put it next to something braised.
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If you're going to start anywhere in the Produttori del Barbaresco cru lineup, start with Pora. Its vines run down toward the Tanaro river, and the wine comes out rounder and more open-armed than its neighbors — generous fruit up front, with the tannic spine still very much intact underneath. From the excellent 2016 vintage, this is Nebbiolo doing the full trick: wild cherry and blood orange, dried rose, leather, spice and sweet earth. Ten years in, it is genuinely drinking now, which is not something you can say about every serious Barbaresco at this age. It will also keep going for a good long while, so there's no wrong answer here. Open it an hour ahead and put it next to something braised.
