Riserva Don Fiorino
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-cooked beef braised in red wine, fresh egg pasta tossed with butter and shaved white truffles, or mature, savory cheeses such as Castelmagno.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Riserva Don Fiorino is a monumental tribute to Don Fiorino Marengo, the visionary parish priest of Barbaresco who, in 1958, gathered nineteen local growers to establish the Produttori del Barbaresco cooperative, saving the region's viticulture from post-war economic ruin. Crafted only in exceptional vintages, this rare Riserva departs from the cooperative's traditional single-vineyard bottlings. Instead, it is a masterfully curated blend of 100% Nebbiolo sourced from the cooperative's nine legendary crus, including Rabajà, Asili, and Montestefano. Fermented in traditional concrete vats and aged for 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks, this wine represents the ultimate synthesis of Barbaresco's diverse clay and limestone terroirs, marrying the structural power of the northern vineyards with the ethereal elegance of the southern slopes.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1958 by parish priest Don Fiorino Marengo and nineteen local growers, Produttori del Barbaresco was established to revive the historic cooperative model first initiated by Domizio Cavazza in 1894 in the Langhe hills of Piedmont, Italy. Widely celebrated as one of the world's preeminent wine cooperatives, the estate unites over fifty member families dedicated exclusively to the cultivation of the Nebbiolo grape across exceptional vineyard sites. Upholding steadfast traditional winemaking principles, including extended macerations and aging in large oak casks, the winery produces benchmark expressions that embody pure varietal typicity and terroir transparency. In stellar vintages, Produttori crafts nine renowned single-vineyard Cru Riservas alongside historic tribute bottlings, exemplifying the profound elegance, structure, and longevity of Barbaresco.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Nebbiolo