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The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Don Fiorino by all reports is a unique and special wine. I have a philosophical soft spot for blends over single vineyards when the goal is excellence without compromise!
Details of production are a bit thin. I’d be fascinated to now if this was a continuous ferment adding the best grapes from each parcel whilst the fruit was still fermenting, a very traditional technique to making Barolo & Barbaresco or a blend of finished wines. I suspect the later.
The next release is slated for 2021.
This Barbaresco Riserva is dedicated to Don Fiorino, the priest that in 1958 inspired and leaded the 19 growers that founded the Produttori del Barbaresco winery in the center of the village, next to the main church, where the winery still stands today.
It is a tribute to the old days when the best Barbaresco wines were traditionally made by blending grapes from great vineyards instead of keeping them separate as single – vineyards.