Barolo Castiglione, Vietti

Barolo Castiglione, Vietti - 2020

Item # 16273 750 mL

Wines from Vietti are always incredibly giving and expressive. This vintage shows incredible density and power in the glass, this brooding Barolo blends waves of fruit with rich texture on the palate. Warm, with lots of personality, you can decant and serve tonight with wild mushrooms, sausage and gamey broth. This Nebbiolo comes from vineyards located in Castiglione Falletto, Monforte, Barolo and Novello; it aged 24 months in cask.

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About the Producer

Castiglione Falletto, Piedmont, Italy In the beginning of the 20th century, the Vietti family began bottling its own wines. Patriarch Mario Vietti started the estate in 1919 and made the first Vietti wines, selling most of the production in Italy. His most significant achievement was to transform the family farm, composed of many disparate fields, into a grape-growing and wine-producing...

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Piedmont

The most famous grape in Piedmont is the noble Nebbiolo, which makes the long-lived Barolo and Barbaresco. There are plenty of Nebbiolo-based wines that are quite enjoyable in their youth, however, often produced in smaller, lesser-known regions such as Ghemme or Gattinara. Several other Piedmontese grapes make striking and delicious wines: Pelaverga produces light-colored reds with distinctive notes of strawberry, cherry, and pink peppercorn. The red Freisa is vinified in a variety of styles:...

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