97+ points,"The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello is the most severe and angular of these wines. It will appeal most to die-hard classicists. Chalk, white pepper, mint and sweet red cherry fruit all grace this chiselled, beautifully translucent Barbaresco. As always, the Ovello needs a number of years in bottle to reveal its charms, which in 2016 are many. It is a positively stellar wine in every way."- Antonio Galloni's Vinous 96 points,"The Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello is another stellar experience in this series of nine single-vineyard Riserva wines from Barbaresco's most successful wine cooperative. The Ovello is quite sharp and defined in terms of its aromas of wild cherry, dried violet and powdered liquorice. Those mineral tones are very clear in this classic vintage. However, the Ovello finishes on a slightly softer note (compared to the Pajè) with a finer and more approachable tannin."- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Produttori del Barbaresco is one of Piemonte's shining beacons. In the very best vintages, they create nine Barbaresco Riservas from specific vineyards on historical sites. 2016 was just such a year, with Jancis Robinson noting that"Piemonte produced excellent quality wine in 2016, with ripeness to match the very good 2015, but firmer tannin and higher acidity."Wine Advocate rated it as an"outstanding"vintage, in fact, placing it on a par with 2010 and 2006. This one is Ovello. The fruit was grown by eleven different families and it's classic Barbaresco at its very best. In the words of Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Produttori del Barbaresco"has been making terrific wines for five decades."All of the leading critics agree; Jancis Robinson believes that they"helped to establish Barbaresco as a top-quality wine", James Suckling places them at"the top of the pack", and Antonio Galloni considers their wines"reference-points". Known affectionately as simply Produttori, this is one of the world's top cooperatives and is virtually synonymous with the region. And the reason for that is because they offer some of the very best value for money to be discovered anywhere in Italy. Established in 1894, Produttori now encompasses 50 families over some 100 hectares, making nothing but the finest Nebbiolo.£11.33 per 100.00ml