Vietti – Barolo Villero Riserva – 2012

The highlight is a Barolo that is part of Vietti’s history and Alfredo Currado’s intuition to identify Villero as one of the most important vineyards in Castiglione Falletto, of which they are the best interpreters without comparison so much as to make it only in Riserva. Approximately 5,000 bottles and produced only 15 times in 40 years, a unique parcel with steep slopes tending to the southwest that allows incredible aromatic and flavor power thanks to the afternoon exposure to which it is subjected during the year. Maximum grape selection, fermentation in steel tanks with submerged cap on the skins for 4 weeks so as to extract only the best from the grapes, malolactic in wood with subsequent aging in oak barrels for 36 months. The 2012 vintage is described as much cooler because of well-distributed rains throughout the seasons. It was not easy, but for elegant wines excellent results were achieved, in fact only a beauty of 3860 bottles were produced. It is amazing how the aromas are amplified but not lost in refinement, red fruit and toasty notes, on the palate despite the years tannins and acidity prove dynamic in perfect harmony with its complexity.

• Producer: Vietti
• Name: Barolo Villero Riserva
• Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
• Vintage: 2012
• Alcohol Content: 14,5%
• Bottle Size: 750 ml
• Production: 3860 bottles

Productive Notes: fermentation in steel tanks with submerged cap on skins for 4 weeks, malolactic in wood, aging in oak barrels for 36 months plus 3 years in bottle.

Wine naturally contains solphites