Abrigo’s 2006 Barbaresco Montersino is a dark, powerful offering loaded with black cherries, spices, smoke, tar and licorice, all of which are wrapped around an imposing frame. Today the tannins lack a measure of polish, but that should come with further bottle age. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2021.
This is another set of impressive wines from Abrigo. All of the 2006 Barbarescos are made in a fairly powerful, tannic style. Within the context of Barbaresco, these single-vineyard bottlings are not that different from each other, or put another way, what comes through most is the style of the producer rather than that of the vineyards themselves.
Various American importers: Vera Food & Wine, Springfield, NJ; tel. (973) 912-0274; Arborway Imports, Lexington, MA; tel. (781) 863-1753; BelVino, Solon, Ohio; tel. (440) 715-0076; Valley View Wine, Glen Ellen, CA; tel. (707) 996-1289