Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota, 2011

Muncagota (the cru long known as Moccagatta) is prized for combining intensity with elegance, a more aromatic, balanced expression among Produttori del Barbaresco's single vineyards. The 2011 came from a warm, ripe vintage, which rounds out the wine and brings its tannins forward into a softer, more approachable phase. It's drinking nicely now with a decant. Produttori only bottles these crus as Riserva in the years that merit it. A good place to taste how a balanced site behaves when the vintage runs generous.