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Description
The 2020 Riserva Montefico is another stellar release from one of Italy’s greatest cooperatives, showcasing the precision and elegance that define this renowned vineyard. This wine hails from the Montefico cru, a south-facing site of clay-limestone soils known for producing Nebbiolo with remarkable depth and longevity.
In the glass, the 2020 Montefico offers complex aromas of ripe red fruit, accented by notes of spice and a mineral edge that hints at the vineyard’s limestone-rich soils. The palate is equally captivating, showing a core of intense, mature fruit, balanced tannins, and a persistent, layered finish that leaves a lasting impression.
Aged in large oak botti for 30 months before bottling in May 2024, this wine embodies the classic Barbaresco style - structured and refined, with all the hallmarks of a cellar-worthy release. With its elegant complexity and incredible balance, this Riserva is one for both immediate enjoyment and long-term cellaring.
96+ points
"Two standouts from the 2020 vintage are Montefico and Asili...The wine is especially compact in texture and has a distinctly herbal note, with dried rosemary and lavender, that gives it a Mediterranean or botanical feel. The palate delivers a brief moment of softness, but otherwise the wine is structured and rich."
- Monica Larner (The Wine Advocate)
96 points
"A complex, beautifully layered wine, the 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montefico expresses so many of the attributes that make the wines from this vintage and site so intriguing. The bouquet alone is wonderfully complex. Dried herbs, mint, pine, tobacco and cedar open first, leading to a core of chiseled dark-toned fruit. A vertical, structured Barbaresco, the Montefico is superb."
- Antonio Galloni (Vinous)
96 points
"The most closed of the Riservas at this stage, the 2020 Montefico has aromas and flavors recalling red berry, spice, tobacco and forest floor. It’s brooding and youthfully austere, with firm tannins. Showing more aging potential than its siblings, this will also need a little more time."
- Kerin O'Keefe
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