The 2021 vintage—one of the driest on record in Sonoma—produced beautifully balanced fruit with bright acidity and fine-grained tannins despite late-summer heat
The fine tannins have resolved completely
The east-facing vineyard with clay-limestone soil is farmed without herbicides or pesticides
A perfect bottle for lovers of Loire reds who want a little more fruit
7-acre) holding in Cannubi Valletta yields a very different style: sandier soils
Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Montefico, 2008 Polaner Champagne 2025 The 2021 vintage—one of theCooperative Barbaresco at its most authoritative. Produttori del Barbaresco, founded in 1958, brings together 50 plus growers and bottles nine single cru Riservas in the best vintages, each aged a minimum of 30 months in large Slavonian oak before release. Montefico sits south and southeast facing at 230 260 meters between Ovello and the more famous Montestefano, on calcareous limestone soils that translate into firmly structured, mineral driven