Vietti Castiglione Barolo 2021

Vietti’s classic Barolo, long sold as “Castiglione” after the winery’s home village of Castiglione Falletto, blends Nebbiolo from a selection of vineyards across the communes of Castiglione Falletto, Monforte, Barolo and Novello, including Bussia, Ravera, Fossati and Bricco Fiasco, on clay and limestone. Each cru is hand-harvested, fermented and aged on its own: three to four weeks on the skins in steel, malolactic in wood, then around 30 months mostly in large barrels before the lots are blended. From the 2021 vintage the front label simply reads Barolo. Expect an explosive, opulent nose of plum, cherry, rose petal and tobacco and a rich, potent, balsamic palate.