Barbera d'Alba 'Vigna Scarrone', Vietti

A Barbera of remarkable finesse, with ripe red and black cherry, vanilla and spice through to a full palate with balancing freshness, rich tannins and a long finish. 

Producer Note

The Vietti family has produced fine wine from the heart of the Langhe since the 1800s, when Carlo Vietti established the winery in the medieval village of Castiglione Falletto. At the end of the 1950s, Alfredo Currado, husband of Luciana Vietti, introduced the idea of producing single vineyard crus in Barolo and Barbaresco and in 1961 one of the very first Barolo Crus was produced by Vietti: Rocche di Castiglione. Alfredo was known locally as the ‘Father of Arneis’ as he dedicated time and research into reviving the nearly extinct Arneis variety. Passionate about fine art, in 1974 Alfredo and Luciana started incorporating beautiful works of art on their iconic wine labels. In the 1990s their son and fourth generation winemaker, Luca Currado Vietti, continued the family winemaking legacy. In 2016, the Krause family purchased Vietti and worked alongside Luca until his retirement in 2023. They further developed the estate with the purchase of new, renowned crus in Barolo and Barbaresco, and in Colli Tortonesi where Timorasso flourishes. In 2022, Vietti was awarded 'Winery of the Year' by Antonio Galloni, Vinous.

Vineyard

The grapes are selected from the single vineyard Scarrone in Castiglione Falletto, in the Barbera d'Alba DOC. The vineyard is planted at a density of 6,500 plants per hectare and has a south-eastern orientation, which allows the vines to optimise exposure to the warm afternoon summer sun. The soils are rich in limestone and clay in which the Barbera vines produce elegant and balanced wines. The vines are sustainably cultivated and are manually harvested when the fruit has reached optimum phenolic ripeness. 

Winemaking

The grapes were carefully selected. Fermentation took place with selected yeasts in open stainless-steel tanks at temperatures of 26-28°C. The wine underwent maceration for a further week to gently extract colour, flavour and fine tannins, before being transferred to oak where malolactic conversion took place. The wine was aged for 18 months in French oak barriques, of which 20% were new.

Tasting Note

A Barbera of remarkable finesse showing notes of ripe red and black cherry, vanilla and spices through to a full palate with balancing acidity, rich tannins and a long finish.

Grape 

Barbera 100%