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Vietti 2018 Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco

Red berries, raspberry, warm potting soil, graphite, anise and rose hip readily emerge from the glass, followed by carnation, white pepper and, peculiarly, popcorn the longer it sits, in that particular order. Rather earthy, nervy in the early going, fruit takes time to flesh out. Mid-weight, lightly tannic. Might've been moderate on complexity but big on drinkability. Solid varietal character. — ★★★½

Appellation: Langhe Nebbiolo Region: Barolo and Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy Subzone: Cépage: 100% Nebbiolo Abv: 14% Production: 40,000 Élevage: 24 months in both barriques and big Slavonian casks Distributor: Milawa

Critic Reviews:

The 2018 Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco is classy, elegant and polished, all of which make it an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next few years. Crushed red berry fruit, anise, spice, dried red cherry and pipe tobacco linger on the perfumed, delicate finish. Antonio Galloni (Vinous, 09/2021) 89

The Vietti 2018 Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco is a charming wine, both delicate and easygoing, that makes good on a promise to deliver basic Nebbiolo intensity and varietal purity. Small berry aromas, cassis and chopped mint emerge from the bouquet. To the palate, the wine is simple and streamlined, with mildly drying tannins on the close. Some 40,000 bottles were made. Monica Larner (Wine Advocate, 06/2021) 91

Forget baby Nebbiolo! This assertive wine from Vietti is a stylish Langhe with a sleek nose and bracing palate. Bright ruby in the glass, it has telltale Nebbiolo aromas of rosehip and orange peel. Strawberry fruit is accompanied by firm, polished tannins, crisp acidity, and an amazing rhubarb savouriness that carries the finish. It comes from a selection of grapes grown in both Barolo and Barbaresco, mostly on the classic combination of limestone and clay. The wine is than aged for two years in Slavonian oak casks. Aldo Fiordelli (Decanter, 05/2021) 94

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Vietti Barbera d’Alba Tre Vigne, Vietti Barolo Castiglione, and Vietti Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco wines Piedmonte is a region in northwestern Italy that produces some of the most famous and prestigious wines in the world, such as Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Moscato and Asti. How much do you know about these wines and their characteristics? Test your knowledge with this fun 5-question quiz and…

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Vietti Nebbiolo Perbacco 2018. Imbottigliato Da Vietti. Castiglione Falleto~Langhe. (DOC). 13%. Italia 🇮🇹 • Nebbiolo 100% • Rojo rubí, recuerdos frutos rojos, cerezas. Notas florales.Toque de piel de naranja. En boca seco, elegante. • Mi Puntuación 94/100 • #vietti #viettiwinery #lavineria #lavineriaitaliana #viettiwines #viettivineyard #viettilovers #castiglionefalleto #wine #wines #instawine #wineup #winegeek #winetime #goodwines (en Dominican Republic) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp83azsrBz2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pelzonwine]

I am on my second bottle of this 2017 Vietti Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco and I continue to be both impressed and somehow bored by it. On the one hand, there is this terrific cherry fruit, tobacco, leather and fresh cut herbs, but the acid is somewhat lower than I expected and the wine is just too perfect. No rough edges, no zingy acid, no high tension points, just really drinkable wine. I could argue that at $20 per bottle from the @theaustinwinemerchant it is an incredible value. And it will be a crowd pleaser including for folks with relatively little experience drinking Piemontese wines. It is what the French call "glou glou" or gluggable. I am just missing that little bit of thrill or excitement that I get from @vietti_winery other bottlings. Overall, totally excellent wine and I am probably being too critical in my assessment. #wine #winesofinstagram #winestagram #winetime #winegeek #winelover #winetasting #winenight #wines #redwine #vinorosso #italia #italy #piemonte #piedmont #langhe #nebbiolo #perbacco #vietti #castiglione #falletto #vintage2017 https://www.instagram.com/p/CKP2hu6llJn/?igshid=1frrwsec1fkn3

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🍷TASTING TONIGHT! Marco from @dallaterrawine is here pouring only @vietti_vino 🦗. Tonight is your chance to taste through one of our favorite producer’s Roero Arneis, Barbera d’Alba, Langhe Nebbiolo and their benchmark Castiglione Barolo! Don’t miss this Piedmont party! 🍄🧀🥖🇮🇹 #drinkwine #piemonte #arneis #barbera #nebbiolo #barolo #vietti (at Dandelion Wine) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ukmpEJmJs/?igshid=125a90v3axyi1

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Vietti Perbacco Nebbiolo 2014

https://www.saq.com/page/fr/saqcom/vin-rouge/vietti-perbacco-nebbiolo-2014/10861031?selectedIndex=3&searchContextId=-1002320842586

Why did I buy it?

I like Nebbiolo

I trust house Vietti to do good wine

Langhe Nebbiolo tend to be good values

The year

Parker: 79I (average, Irregular, even among the best wines)  for Piedmont

Wine Spectator: N/A for Piedmont

Jancisrobinson: 

2014

The second year in a row when a wet, cool spring followed a very wet winter. Mid May saw temperatures soar, resulting in a regular and quick fruit set that seemed to promise an early harvest and generous yield. But the weather changed to cool and very wet from early July with some violent hailstorms, notably in the commune of Barolo, dashing all hopes of a great vintage. Quality is expected to be irregular, but those who dared to delay harvest were rewarded with a sound, if notably small, crop of Nebbiolo. Likely to be a light year with limited cellaring potential.

Cepage

100% Nebbiolo

Sugar

1.6 g/L

Alcohol

14%

Terroir:

Vinification of grapes coming from different vineyards of Nebbiolo all included in the Barolo area.

Vinification and aging:

Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 3/4 weeks with a temperature of 28°/32° C. Each parcel is processed and aged separately until when they select which ones will be included for the blend of Perbacco or the ones that will keep ageing to become Barolo Castiglione.

Total ageing is approximately 2 years. After malolactic done both in barrique and big Slavonian casks, the wine keeps ageing in oak for 2 years. Blending in steel tanks to follow prior bottling.

Characteristic (by producer)

Offers up generous fruit along with menthol, spices and hard candy, showing notable intensity while retaining an essentially mid-weight style. Strong, intense and powerful when young, complex and elegant with the ageing.

Serving instructions (when provided by producer)

N/A

Organic?

No

What is Nebbiolo?

The Taste of Nebbiolo Wine

Tasting Nebbiolo wines can be quite an arresting experience because the floral and light red fruit aromas suggest the wine is much lighter than it is. Upon tasting Nebbiolo you will experience leathery, gripping high tannin (depending on the style, see below!) that seems to clasp the inside of your lips to the front of your teeth. Despite its tannic structure, the wine’s fruity flavors of cherry and raspberries, supported with aromas of rose and anise, always seem to shine through. In cooler years, Nebbiolo gets a bit herbaceous with more sour cranberry fruit, rose hip and leather and red clay minerality.

You’ll like Nebbiolo if… you like fine Sangiovese or are into cool-climate Pinot Noir. Nebbiolo is a wine that you need to taste, without a doubt.

Decant? Decant for 45 minutes to 2 hours

With Nebbiolo’s delicate aromas but bold tannin, you’ll want to seek out less-gamey meats that have enough fat to absorb the ample tannin. The wine’s high acidity gives it the opportunity to match against higher acid foods with saltiness and perhaps vinaigrette-based sauces, but remember to balance by adding enough butter, fat or olive oil to complement the wine’s tannin.

Even though Nebbiolo is traditionally paired with Italian foods, it has been well-received alongside Asian cuisine with brown sauces and Asian 5-spices sauces.

Containing the regions of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero is the Langhe (“long-gay”). The Langhe region contains both valleys and hills with a variety of soil types and altitudes. This generally tells us that the wines from the Langhe can be variable depending on who makes it–and can be potentially quite good. What is important to note is that the lower slopes and valleys collect fog in the morning which isn’t ideal for slow-ripening Nebbiolo grapes. Still, on excellent vintages (2010, 2012 and 2015 for example), you’ll be able to find fantastic Nebbiolo wines from this region for outstanding prices.

http://winefolly.com/review/guide-to-nebbiolo-wine/

On the producer

The history of the Vietti winery traces its roots back to the 19th Century. Only at the beginning of the 20th century, however, did the Vietti name become a winery offering its own wines in bottle.

Patriarch Mario Vietti, starting from 1919 made the first Vietti wines, selling most of the production in Italy. His most significant achievement was to transform the family farm, engaged in many fields, into a grape-growing and wine-producing business.

Then, in 1952, Alfredo Currado (Luciana Vietti’s husband) continued to produce high quality wines from their own vineyards and purchased grapes. The Vietti winery grew to one of the top-level producers in Piemonte and was one of the first wineries to export its products to the USA market.

Alfredo was one of the first to select and vinify grapes from single vineyards (such as Brunate, Rocche and Villero). This was a radical concept at the time, but today virtually every vintner making Barolo and Barbaresco wines offers “single vineyard” or “cru-designated” wines.

Alfredo is also called the “father of Arneis” as in 1967 he invested a lot of time to rediscover and understand this nearly-lost variety. Today Arneis is the most famous white wine from Roero area, north of Barolo. Setting such a fine example with Arneis, even fellow vintners as far away those on the west coast of the United States now are cultivating and producing Arneis!                                                                                               

Parker review  for 2014

Rating: 91

Drink by: 2017-2023

The Vietti winery has 15 vineyard crus at its disposal now. This allows for enormous flexibility in winemaking. The 2014 Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco is an easy-drinking but sophisticated Nebbiolo that could pass for a base Barolo. This wine sees fruit sourced from Fiasco, Bussia, Fossati, Bricco delle Viole and Ravera di Monteforte. The bouquet delivers great intensity with an authentic display of dark fruit, spice and licorice.

The dust has finally settled over the Vietti affair. When Luca Currado and his family announced the sale of this celebrated estate in Castiglione Falletto to American businessman Kyle Krause last summer, he kicked up the proverbial dust storm of controversy. Many critics that inhabit the murky backwaters of the blogosphere took aim at Luca Currado for surrendering such a valuable morsel of the Piedmont wine patrimony. The vitriol was extremely unfair, in my opinion. What this family resolves to do with its property is its business alone. No outside person has jurisdiction over the intimate nature of such an important decision. As I reflect on this past year following l'affaire-Vietti, I come to two conclusions. The first is humorous and the second is a happy ending. It's funny to consider how this acquisition has sparked a Langhe-wide selling psychosis. You would think the sell-off of historic Barolo wineries was underway with the same feverish intensity as a Black Friday electronics offering. During my time in the region, I heard rumors regarding at least five major wineries that were reportedly for sale. Of course, none of the rumors are true, or if they are, these alleged sales have not been officially confirmed. In the span of 12 months, we've gone from the focused condemnation of the Vietti sale to region-wide "show me the money" hysteria. I had to laugh to myself because ultimately l'affaire-Vietti has served to inaugurate a year of wishful thinking that has landed quietly over all of the Langhe. It seems to me that many producers secretly wish to be in Luca Currado's shoes. The happy ending I spoke of concerns the quality of Vietti's wines. As you see from the collection of high scores listed, I don't think Vietti's wines have ever been better.

Wine spectator review for 2014 

Rating: 90

A vibrant, lively style, with firm tannins underscoring cherry, raspberry, earth and tobacco flavors. Balanced and juicy, showing a touch of oak spice on the finish. Decant now or age for a few years. Drink now through 2023. 3,400 cases made..

Jancis Robinson review for 2012 (not the same year)

Rating: 16.5+

Drink: 2018-2026

Mid garnet with some brick at the rim. Fragrant with red fruit and a hint of rose petals. Relatively firm and compact on the palate, a little bit chewy at the moment. This is what Vietti refer to as their 'entry-level' Barolo. It has a gentle earthy/mineral quality to add complexity. Firm and dry on the finish, opening up to a note of orange. (JH)

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[twelvebyseventyfive]

Rediscovering a love for Barolo

Two great recent experiences with Barolo, which I’ve struggled to love a lot in the past. I love the idea of Barolo, but I’ve often found the wines to be a bit too difficult, with firm drying tannins and no pleasure. Yet occasionally I have had the most sublime experience with this region. It’s very confusing. And then there’s this whole modernist/traditionalist thing, which doesn’t correlate closely with the good/bad experiences I’ve had.

Coupled with this, there seems to be a subtle pressure to love Barolo unquestioningly. I guess if I’d actually spent much time in the vineyards, I’d get things much more, but my bad experiences have sort of put me off exploring. Often, I’ve found it cheaper and less risky, and more consistently enjoyable to get my Nebbiolo fix from Langhe Nebbiolo, the little sibling.

So my latest ray of hope was on Friday night at Noble Rot, where a friend pushed me in the direction of the 2008 Vietti Castiglione Barolo. This was a superb wine with real focus and elegance, and a lovely purity. I didn’t take notes, but just enjoyed it.

The second was a few weeks ago in Scotch Bar, in Blenheim New Zealand. It was the Albe from GD Vajra, and this showed a similar silky elegance and refinement. And real drinkability. It’s the second bottle of this that I’d had in Scotch, Vajra can do no wrong it seems.

So, buoyed by these experiences, I’m going to give Barolo a serious chance. I would love to hear of readers’ personal favourites, in the more elegant and pure vein.

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WHAT IS THE GREATEST ITALIAN WINE?

Do you like Barbera? How about Nebbiolo??  Barolo??? Tonight behind the bar, the very knowledgeable Marco from Italian importer Dalla Terra will be behind the Lions Club Bar pouring wines from one of our favorite producers in Piemonte (aka “the Piedmont”), a hilly region in Northern Italy that produces the country’s finest wines.  The Vietti winery, managed by the family’s fifth generation, is based in the small medieval village of Castiglione Falletto, the heart of Piedmont’s famous “Langhe” wine region. Here the Currado family carefully and patiently handcrafts lauded wines that are the result of a unique combination of sun and soil.  The autumn winds blow chilly and cold.  We’re your homies who bring you wine, and this is a great opportunity to warm up with some fine Italian wine, to pick up a little for the house, and to learn a little more about what these different wines are.

As per usual, we’ll have WINE, BREAD, CHEESE, VINYL & LOVE!

Vietti, Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco 2016

100% Nebbiolo grapes coming from different vineyards, mostly in the area of Barolo, with a little from Barbaresco as well. Each parcel is processed and aged separately until when they select the ones that will be included for the blend of Perbacco or the ones that will keep ageing to become Barolo Castiglione (excluding the parcels from Barbaresco). Which is to say, a lot of Nebbiolo claims to be declassified Barolo - this one truly is, and it tastes like it.  There’s generous, big dark fruit here along with menthol notes and a lot of spices; the wine shows a notable intensity while retaining an essentially mid-weight style. Strong, intense and powerful when young, complex and elegant as years go by - pretty much like a Barolo there as well, right? This is for your stews, hearty ragout, your game, your sharp, aged cheese – big strong things basically. Killer stuff, and a particularly excellent value this year!  Organic, vegan.  $30

Vietti, Barolo Castiglione 2015

100% Nebbiolo, old Guyot-trained vines on clay and limestone, natural yeast, 24-30 months in oak. Vietti’s Castiglione Barolo is the primary Barolo produced by the winery. It is named after Castiglione Falletto, the commune where the Vietti winery is situated, but it contains grapes from a careful selection of the best 15 Grand Cru of the Barolo zone (Bricco Fiasco, Bussia, Fossati and Ravera, to name a few) all located around Castiglione Falletto. Truly a remarkable expression of Barolo year after year, it's also a remarkable value.  The 2016 is a mix of grapes from Castiglione Falletto, Monforte, Barolo, and Novello (province of Cuneo), all vinified separately before blending. (Pro tip: they only make a certain amount of Barolo. The extra wine goes into the Perbacco – and there was a lot extra this year!)

The Vietti winery, managed by the family’s fifth generation, is based in the small medieval village of Castiglione Falletto, the heart of Piedmont’s famous “Langhe” wine region. Here the Currado family carefully and patiently handcrafts lauded wines that are the result of a unique combination of sun and soil. Organic, vegan.  $66

Vietti, Barbera d'Alba Scarrone 2016

Ruby purple colour with intense aromas of ripe red and black cherries. With refreshing acidity, rich tannins, full body, the single vineyard Scarrone has finesse, excellent balance, great complexity, integration and a long lingering finish. Pricier than most Barbera and that’s because most Barbera isn’t grown on such special vineyard land - that generally gets reserved for Nebbiolo. What a difference an a acre or two can make. There’s a delicacy and raciness to the acidity that’s surprising and takes this grape to the next level. We’re sold. Come check it out.  Organic, vegan. $50  

Vietti, Roero Arneis 2018

And the white knight! This grape is leaner than Chardonnay but with a lot of texture and ability to transmit the specific nature of its place of origin. Previously called “white Nebbiolo” by many, grown and exported by few, Arneis has emerged from its long hibernation in the last decade or so and is receiving all the accolades it deserves. We’ve carried several in the last few years and Vietti’s, recently returned, has remained a staff favorite. In the last few years, winemaker Luca Currado eliminated precise measurements of acid and tannin levels in favor of a more intuitive, wine-specific approach, and we can taste that immediacy here. He also stopped publishing tasting notes, preferring that wine critics and drinkers apply their own perceptions and preferences to his wines. Bravo Luca! Organic, vegan.  $25

[pelzonwine]

Another great value #wine. 2018 Vietti Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo is 100% Nebbiolo vinified by one of my favorite producers in Piedmont. Explosive nose of crushed berry and eucalyptus and berry, mint and marzipane on the palate. Finishes ultra long. I have had Baroli 2x or even 3x the cost of this modestly priced bottle ($25 locally) that could not deliver this much flavor and typicity. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXPhPcxldzQ/?utm_medium=tumblr