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Barolo Brunate 2015 150cl

DOCG | Barolo | Piemonte | Italy
CHF 378.35

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2015 2018
Critics scores
95 By Robert Parker
95 By James Suckling
The Barolo Brunate was not made in 2014 because of hail damage. Instead, all the fruit was diverted to the Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco instead. This newest release, the 2015 Barolo Brunate, definitely makes up for the lost ground. This is an explosive and absolutely exuberant expression of Nebbiolo from a vineyard site in La Morra near M. Marengo’s property. Vietti farms two parcels here, a higher side of the vineyard and a lower one (near Damilano and Ceretto). These lower parts of Brunate perform very nicely in the cooler vintages. Instead, this warm vintage expression puts a lot of its fruit depth and personality upfront in a confident and no-fuss manner. You absolutely know what you are getting here, even at the first sniff of the bouquet. The wine proceeds to open and blossom before your nose, offering dark fruit, rose, spice and a very linear mineral tone at the back. That linear flinty note is just terrific. Some 3,600 were produced.
Producer
Vietti
While the Vietti family can traces its roots back to the 19th century, it was not until the early 20th century that the Vietti name became associated with wine. Patriarch, Mariot Vietti is the man responsible for Vietti’s first wines. He completely transformed the family farm into a grape-growing and wine-producing business. Based in a quaint medieval village of Castiglione Falletto, the estate lies in the center of Piedmont’s renowned Langhe wine region. With years of commitment, the family winery became one of the leading producers in Piedmont. Under the leadership of Luciana Vietti’s husband, Alfredo Currado, the estate in the mid-1900s was amongst the first wineries to export to the United States, vinify grapes from single-vineyards, such as Brunate, Rocche and Villero, and reinvent the long-lost native variety, Arneis. Today, Arneis is the most celebrated white variety from the Roero region. Alfredo and Luciana’s son, Luca joined the winery’s team in 1990, focusing on both innovative vinification techniques, as well as, meticulous and organic cultivation in the vineyard. As the fourth generation settles in, the Vietti winery continues to astound wine enthusiasts and critics with their artfully handcrafted wines.