HISTORY The Vietti winery, now managed by the family’s fifth generation, is based in the small medieval village of Castiglione Falletto, the heart of Piedmont’s famous “Langhe” wine region. Here the Currado family carefully and patiently handcrafts lauded wines that are the result of a unique combination of sun and soil. Although the family has made wine for two centuries, the first Vietti-labeled wines were produced by third-generation Mario, who transformed the family’s farm into a grape growing winery. In 1952 Luciana Vietti married winemaker and art connoisseur Alfredo Currado, whose intuitions – from the production of one of the first Barolo crus (Rocche di Castiglione – 1965), through the single-varietal vinification of Arneis (1967) to the invention of Artist Labels (1974) – made him both symbol and architect of some of the most significant revolutions of the time.
VINEYARDS & WINEMAKING
Grapes all coming from the 2-hectare Lazzarito vineyard in Serralunga d'Alba on vines that average 36 years of age. The vineyard has south-west exposure as well as clay-limestone soils. Grapes are crushed with care, then fermented on skins for 4 months in stainless steel. Malolactic fermentation occurs in oak barrels. Wine is aged for 30 months in both French oak barriques and Slovenian oak casks.
Aromatically this wine is powerful with notes of figs as well as plums. On the palate, the wine is extremely smooth with well-integrated tannins, sweet, almost dried dark fruits, fresh herbs, and baking spice.
