A complex beautifully layered wine the 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montefico expresses so many of the attributes that make the wines from this vintage and site so intriguing. The bouquet alone is wonderfully complex. Dried herbs mint pine tobacco and cedar open first leading to a core of chiseled dark-toned fruit. A vertical structured Barbaresco the Montefico is superb. - By Antonio Galloni on September 2024

The most closed of the Riservas at this stage the 2020 Montefico has aromas and flavors recalling red berry spice tobacco and forest floor. It’s brooding and youthfully austere with firm tannins. Showing more aging potential than its siblings this will also need a little more time. Drink 2027–2035. Abv: 14.5% Kerin O’Keefe September 2024

Two standouts from the 2020 vintage are Montefico and Asili. The Produttori del Barbaresco 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montefico comes from a site that is distant from the warm air that travels through the Tanaro River Valley and is closed within an amphitheater. This is a beautiful vineyard that looks toward the village of Neive and has active limestone soils. The wine is especially compact in texture and has a distinctly herbal note with dried rosemary and lavender that gives it a Mediterranean or botanical feel. The palate delivers a brief moment of softness but otherwise the wine is structured and rich. Monica Larner Published: Jan 30 2025

The 2020 Montefico is also darker on the nose evoking black cherry and blackberry notes but with a blood orange hint. Rich and generous with a juicy feel and graphite underneath this is tighter and more compact on the finish. - Bruce Sanderson 03/25 Smooth and fruity this red delivers cherry raspberry floral and mineral aromas and flavors. Firms up on the finish where a chalky feel kicks in yet overall this is open and harmonious. Fine length. Best from 2026 through 2040.—B.S.