2021 ARPEPE Rosso di Valtellina
Description
WINEMAKER: Isabella, Emanuele & Guido
REGION: Lombardia, IT
VARIETY: Nebbiolo
VITICULTURE: Sustainable
The Rosso di Valtellina grapes are harvested in the lowest part of Arpepe vineyards, at 350-400 metres a.s.l. After about 70 days long and gentle maceration on skins, the wine matures 12 months in large chestnut barrels. As per usual perfumed, pretty with a mix of beautiful small red fruits and mountain herbs.
"The Perego family has been growing grapes on the granite terraces of Valtellina since 1860. They work only with Nebbiolo, or Chiavennasca as it is called in these parts, growing the grapes up to 700 metres above sea level on sheer, south-facing, sunlit vines that dig straight into rock. The vines are so far north into the alps they are practically in Switzerland and the resulting fruit is intensely mineral. Production is very much of the old-school and labour is intense, the hills making it very difficult to reach the fruit at all. Everything in the vineyard is done by hand and in the cantina the family exercises a soft touch with great patience, leaving the wines to rest until they are deemed ready for release. The transparency of the grape, the singular landscape and the Peregos’ gentle hand in the cantina lend these wines a remarkable sense of place." - Tutto
2021 ARPEPE Rosso di Valtellina
$69.00
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