2017 Vietti Barbaresco Masseria

93 Points Parker's Wine Advocate
In stock
A profound Barbaresco from a special single vineyard. The Masseria vineyard faces south on clay and limestone soils, allowing fruit to ripen beautifully into a powerful but aromatically precise Barbaresco. After two and half years in mostly steel tank and large format wood — like the Barolo wines it is said to resemble — it remains bright and gripping with an approachability that will be impressive young, but leans toward mid-range cellaring. Quite something!
$125.00 in mixed 6+ or $140.00 per bottle

Grape

Nebbiolo

Its Origins

They made wine here back in the 1800s, but it was not until 1919 that Mario Vietti turned the family farm to viticulture and Vietti labels first appeared on the Italian market. The winery grew through the 1950’s, when new export markets opened and Mario’s daughter and son in law Alfredo Currado pioneered what was later to become a defining regional idea - single vineyard Barolo and Barbaresco. Today Vietti remain a towering name, with a portfolio occupying the top tier in most Piedmontese categories - particularly their profoundly important expressions of Cru Barolo. But history will also remember Vietti and Alfredo Currado for something quite different: the survival of the Arneis variety. It was Currado who almost single-handedly revived this hitherto ignored and abused grape and, appreciating its inherent qualities, not only persuaded others but led from the front to create the first, the most beautiful and still the most classic examples of what is now enshrined as the Roero Arneis DOCG.

What The Critics Say

93/100 Parker's Wine Advocate, Monica Larner

"A release of 5,193 bottles, the Vietti 2017 Barbaresco Masseria opens to a spicy bouquet with a subtle point of white pepper or dried ginger that hovers over the bouquet, albeit briefly. At its core, the wine shows bright berry notes and some plum, although the wine's concentration remains finely etched and elegantly streamlined, overall." Drink 2023 - 2038

92+/100 Vinous, Antonio Galloni (2015 vintage)

"Vietti's 2015 Barbaresco Masseria is a dense, powerful wine that is going to need at least a few years to fully come together. In 2015, the Masseria is a decidedly potent, masculine Barbaresco, with huge tannins and tremendous fruit density. Time in bottle will help soften some of the edges, but I imagine the 2015 will always remain rather somber. Macerated dark cherry, scorched earth, new leather, tobacco and licorice add to an impression of virile intensity." Drink 2022 - 2035

Variety Nebbiolo
Region Piedmont
Closure Cork
Volume 750ml
Maturity 2023 - 2038

This Wine Goes Well With

with BEEF
with GAME
with PASTA

Taste

4

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