Vietti - Barbera d'Alba - Trevigne - Magnum 2017
Vietti is a Piedmontese wine producer in northwestern 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 intuitions on the production of one of the first Barolo crus (Rocche di Castiglione in 1961), passing through the single-varietal vinification of Arneis (1967) to the invention of artist labels (1974) made him a both the symbol and the architect of some of the most important revolutions of the time. 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 helm of the Vietti brand, to add a number of crus valued in the estate's heritage. Vietti is particularly known for its range of Barolo parcel wines, its Barberas, and also its association with the Arneis variety.
Barbera grapes are selected from three different vineyards located in Monforte, Castiglione Falletto, La Morra and some villages in the Langhe region. The age of the vines varies from 25 to 40 years. The alcoholic fermentation lasts around 2 weeks and takes place in stainless steel vats, with daily pumping over. The wine is aged for 12 months in a combination of barriques, large barrels and stainless steel tanks .
Grape variety: 100% Barbera