Barolo Castiglione, Vietti

Half-Bottle of Barolo Castiglione, Vietti - 2019

Item # 16272 375mL

Nebbiolo from 10 to 43 year old vines planted in clay and limestone soils. The wine was aged for 30 months in large casks and smaller barrique. An opulent Barolo, exotic even with plenty of warm, spiced fruits.

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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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