2020 Barbaresco Montestefano
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The 2020 Barbaresco Montestefano is incredibly shut down today, which I take as a huge positive for a year that yielded relatively open wines. Readers should be in no rush. The 2020 offers plenty of Montestefano earthiness and savoriness, with plenty of fruit that today is enrobed by formidable tannins. The 2020 is still coming together, but it has a ton to offer.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Barbaresco. Deep ruby. Lots of ripe strawberry fruit on the nose and already a little evolved. Generous strawberry and sour-cherry fruit on the palate, with soft, chewy tannins. Ready to go. (WS)
The 2020 Barbaresco Montestefano is a dense, plush wine, in other words classic Montestefano. Like all the Barbarescos here, the Montestefano is relatively open, which will surely please readers who can't or don't want to cellar their wines. Dark Nebbiolo fruit intermingled with spice, leather, incense and licorice build into the creamy, resonant finish. The 2020 is a gorgeous wine; the only real problem is that it is not quite the 2019!