VIETTI - Barbera d'Alba - Trevigne 2018
Vietti is a wine producer from Piedmont in north-western Italy, located in the heart of the Langhe hills, at the top of the village of Castiglione Falletto. The estate created by Carlo Vietti has been around since the late 1800s but its reputation grew in the 1960s when Luciana Vietti married winemaker and art connoisseur Alfredo Currado. His insights into the production of one of the first Barolo cru (Rocche di Castiglione in 1961), through the single-grape vinification of Arneis (1967) to the invention of artist labels (1974) made him both the symbol and the architect of some of the most important revolutions of the time. The management of the vineyard was taken over by Luca Currado Vietti and his wife Elena, before being acquired in 2016 by Krause Holdings, allowing Luca and Elena, still at the head of the Vietti brand, to add a number of prized crus to the estate’s holdings. Vietti is particularly known for its range of Barolo plot wines, its Barberas, and also its association with the Arneis variety.
The grapes of Barbera are selected from three different vineyards located in Monforte, Castiglione Falletto, La Morra and other few villages in Langhe region. The age of the vines varies from 25 to 40-year-old. The alcoholic fermentation lasts approximately 2 weeks and is done in stainless steel tanks, with daily pumping overs. The wine is aged for 12 months in a combinaison of barriques, big casks and stainless steel tanks.
Grape variety: 100% Barbera