Carlo Viglione - Barbera D'Alba made from old vines in the village of Monforte d'Alba, Langhe. Limited production.

Carlo Viglione – Barbera D’Alba – 2020

Iconic Piedmontese vine, Barbera is the most common grape in the Langhe area together with Nebbiolo, essential in the selection of winemakers because of its splendid characteristics. Vineyards are located in the Bussia area in Monforte, an average of 30 years old, bunches are thinned out and the best grapes are spontaneously vinified in skins for 17 days in 25Hl oak casks where they also undergo malolactic fermentation and continue the aging for 12 months in the casks. A rich and elegant wine, lots of fruit on the nose which accompanies an interesting body where acidity gives a fabulous vertical finish.

  • Producer: Viglione Carlo e Figli
  • Name: Barbera D’Alba
  • Grape Variety: 100% Barbera
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Alcohol Content: 15%
  • Bottle Size: 750ml
  • Production: 2000 bottles

Productive Notes: vinification on skins in oak barrels for 17 days, malolactic fermentation and aging in the same barrels for 12 months.

Wine naturally contains solphites

31,00€

2 in stock

Description

Clinging to the footsteps of the past, this is how the Viglione family has built its identity over the decades in a land of great wines such as the Langhe. The winery is located in the hamlet of Bussia in Monforte d’Alba, inside the production area of Barolo, and it was right here that the grandfather of the current owner Giulio Viglione planted in 1915 the first vineyards where grapes were destined to be sold only. The first label was produced in 1964, since then their dedication to wine has become stable with only 12000 bottles produced each year, only 4 hectares of property where they grow the native varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto. Super traditional Langhe style in the true sense of the word, manual Bio practices in the land and 70 year old vineyards with low yields, during vinification long fermentations induced by indigenous yeasts and aging are carried out in large barrels. Real living examples of how they used to work in the past.

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