Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva “Rio Sordo”, 2020 champagne-template It is a rare chance

It is a rare chance to taste what a native Friulian variety can do when a grower refuses to cut a single corner

while bright acidity keeps everything lifted

this Carignan is full of dark fruit—blackberry

developing further complexity over the next decade

Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva “Rio Sordo”, 2020 champagne-template It is a rare chanceAmong the nine single vineyard Riservas released by Produttori del Barbaresco, Rio Sordo is often the most immediately seductive. Its a southwest facing cru with warmer soils and a long track record of producing softer, more accessible expressions of Nebbiolothough soft here is relative. The 2020 vintage offers classic structure, but it's wrapped in darker fruit, silky tannins, and a more generous, almost baritone tone. Produttori needs no