Prices are $42 vs. $54 vs. $94. Interested to hear your thoughts, and where the sweet spot is.
by Chemical-Fun3692
Prices are $42 vs. $54 vs. $94. Interested to hear your thoughts, and where the sweet spot is.
by Chemical-Fun3692
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Unless I’m missing something, it appears that the vintage of the first two wines has not been omitted from the post, and that does make a difference.
The 2021 Produttori del Barbaresco is a phenomenal wine. I also very much enjoy the 2020 Produttori Montestefano. It’s a little more terroir-driven and more complex, but I’m not sure it’s worth double the price in some cases.
The first 2 are standard offering only varying in vintage.
The 3rd is only made in years when all 9 crus pass the test for people who are interested in the 9 shades of Produttori Barbaresco.
In the vintages where not all 9 passes quality control everything goes into the $40/50 version so it’s pretty decent almost always. 2021 was Wine Spectator #7 last year iirc.
If you are into the 9 crus, Asili and Rabaya are almost always in the top 3. Though I remember the 2020 Montestefano was amazing as well.
Ovello Montestefano and Montifico tends to be the hotter areas. The middle of this backwards boot is generally the most popular amongst collectors with Asili, Rabaya and Pora.
Given where you are in your wine journey, I highly highly highly recommend buying one of the two lower priced options AND the most pricey, then opening them literally side by side for yourself and a few good friends. Both going to be phenomenal but you should train your OWN palate to decide if the price difference is worth it or not.
If you only have the budget for one, buy it, save it, and wait to save up to buy the other. Seriously- absolutely no better way to learn about these types of differences then trying them for yourself because everybody has different palates. And make sure it’s literally side by side. *Huge* difference in comparing wines that way rather than one after the other.