Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota, 2016 Sherry Offer From the limestone plateau above

From the limestone plateau above Saint-Émilion

Domaine Pichat was born when Stéphane Pichat

and worth seeking out for exactly that reason

With its delicate citrusy aromas

Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota, 2016 Sherry Offer From the limestone plateau aboveProduttori del Barbaresco may be the best argument in wine that a cooperative can outrun most estates. In strong years and 2016 in Piedmont was a very strong year the growers bottle their finest crus separately as Riserva, and the wines age for decades while costing a fraction of what that implies. Muncagota tends to speak in perfume rather than muscle: rose petal, dried cherry, tar and sweet tobacco, all wrapped in Nebbiolo's fine, insistent tannin.