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Barbera d'Alba Vigna Vecchia Scarrone
2013
The history of the Vietti winery traces its roots back to the 19th Century. Only at the beginning of the 20th century, however, did the Vietti name become a winery offering its own wines in bottle. Patriarch Mario Vietti, starting from 1919 made the first Vietti wines, selling most of the production in Italy. His most significant achievement was to transform the family farm, engaged in many fields, into a grape-growing and wine-producing business. Then, in 1952, Alfredo Currado (Luciana...
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The grapes are selected from the single vineyard Scarrone planted in 1988 situated close to the winery in Castiglione. The vineyard is planted with 6.500 plants per hectare. For 18 days, the most is kept in opened stainless steel tanks for the alcoholic fermentation at 26-28° C (78-82° F).
Ruby purple color with intense aromas of concentrated ripe red and black cherries with vanilla and hints of brown spice. With refreshing acidity, rich tannins, and on the fuller-bodied side for Barbera, the single vineyard La Scarrone has finesse, excellent balance, great complexity, integration and a long lingering finish.
The 2018 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Scarrone combines fruit intensity with finesse to a degree I don't think I have seen before. Silky yet deep, with captivating balance, the 2018 is seductive from the very first taste. Black cherry, plum, mocha, spice, licorice and leather flesh out as this succulent, juicy Barbera shows off its considerable charms. The 2018 is a joyous wine from the very first taste.
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