2016 Barbaresco Pora Riserva Produttori del Barbaresco

The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Pora is a brooding wine, its mid-weight structure notwithstanding. Iron, smoke, tobacco, cedar and dried flowers add a feral, earthy quality that is so appealing. Pora is often one of the more approachable Riservas in this range, but the 2016 is an exception. Readers should be prepared to cellar it for at least a few years.

En af kommunens lavere liggende marker med åben vestflanke ned mod Tánaro, hvor Produttori virkelig sidder på magten. Deres bønder ejer størstedelen af marken, hvor parcellerne går fra sydøst over syd til sydvest. Her er kalkindholdet relativt lavt efter Barbaresco-forhold. Mere mørk stil, mere svulmende, klart sødere i næsen, men stadig med snapsekrydderier, mens smagen er mere smygende og lækker og den har ikke samme bid som Pajé.

Starting off this tasting of new Riservas from Produttori del Barbaresco is the 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Pora. This is a beautifully elegant and silky wine with a soft entry of wild berry fruit, lilac and wild rose. The bouquet opens gracefully with a fluid, slow-building intensity that feels silky and delicate to all the senses. It holds back from showing any overt or determined level of power, remaining instead silky and smooth throughout. It treads quietly and softly. Production is 13,403 bottles, and fruit is sourced from the Dellaferrera and Manzone family vineyards. I came back to this wine 24 hours after the bottle was open and added one more point to my score.