Crus Collection Assortment Case
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-braised beef, fresh tajarin pasta with white truffles, and aged cheeses such as Castelmagno.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Produttori del Barbaresco Crus Collection Assortment Case represents the pinnacle of cooperative winemaking. Founded in 1958 by the village priest, Don Fiorino Marengo, to unite local growers, the cooperative revived a tradition started in 1894 by Domizio Cavazza. In exceptional vintages, Produttori releases nine distinct single-vineyard Riserva wines: Asili, Rabaja, Rio Sordo, Ovello, Montestefano, Paje, Muncagota, Montefico, and Pora. Each is crafted from 100% Nebbiolo, fermented with long skin contact, and aged for 36 months in traditional large Slavonian oak casks. This assortment case offers a legendary liquid map of Barbaresco's diverse terroir, contrasting the elegant, floral, sandy soils of Asili against the powerful, structured, clay-rich soils of Montestefano.
🍾 About the Producer
Widely revered as the gold standard of viticultural cooperatives, Produttori del Barbaresco traces its ideological ancestry to Domizio Cavazza's 1894 Cantine Sociali, before its modern rebirth in 1958 orchestrated by local parish priest Don Fiorino Marengo and nineteen grower families. Today comprising over 50 member-growers managing approximately 120 hectares exclusively planted to Nebbiolo across the commune of Barbaresco, the cooperative oversees quintessential Langhe terroir characterized by calcareous-clay Sant'Agata marls and steep, sun-drenched hillsides. Under the longstanding stewardship of Managing Director Aldo Vacca, Produttori follows an unapologetically traditional cellar regimen: spontaneous temperature-controlled fermentations, month-long skin macerations with submerged caps, and lengthy maturation exclusively in massive neutral Slavonian oak botti. In premier vintages, the cellar vinifies nine legendary single-vineyard crus identically—including Asili, Rabajà, Montestefano, Ovello, and Pajè—to transparently showcase microclimate and soil nuances, yielding structured, classically austere, and exceptionally ageworthy Nebbiolo expressions.
🍇 Grapes
100% Nebbiolo