Personalised Vietti Barbera d'Alba Scarrone 2020 15% 750ml

The Vietti family has been producing wine in Castiglione Falletto in the heart of Le Langhe in Piedmont for five generations, with 33 estate vineyards located across all 11 communes designated for the cultivation and production of Barolo, plus Roero for Arneis and Agliano Asti for Barbera and Moscato.

In 2016 Vietti was purchased by the American Krause family, however current generation winemaker Luca Currado-Vietti continues to direct the Vietti Estate meticulously, together with his wife Elena Penna-Currado, to produce some of the finest and most representative wines of Le Langhe.

APPEARANCE
Ruby purple colour.

AROMA
Intense aromas of ripe red and black cherries.

PALATE
With refreshing acidity, rich tannins, full body, the single vineyard Scarrone has finesse, excellent balance, great complexity, integration and a long, lingering finish.

FOOD MATCHING
Hearty stews, seasoned pasta and poultry with rich sauces, game, roasted red meats and sharp cheese.

GRAPES/BLEND
100% Barbera.

VINIFICATION
The grapes are selected from the single vineyard Scarrone in Castiglione Falletto. The vineyard has 6500 plants per hectare. For approximately 2 weeks, the must is kept in open stainless-steel tanks for alcoholic fermentation at 26-28°C. After this, the wine macerates for another week and then is moved to oak for malolactic.

MATURATION
18 months between big oak barrels and barriques.

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