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Roccheviberti Barolo del Comune di Castiglione Falletto 2021

$6999

Claudio Viberti crafts this Barolo from Nebbiolo grown in the legendary Rocche cru of Castiglione Falletto, a commune celebrated for wines of ethereal elegance. Garnet-colored in the glass, it opens with dried flowers and red fruit preserves layered with sweet spice and menthol, while the palate is austere and poised, wrapped in silky, enveloping tannins. Aged two to three years in French oak barrels of 20-25hl capacity, then another year in bottle—complexity and grace with each passing month.

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Antonio Galloni

92 points

"The 2021 Barolo del Comune di Castiglione Falletto Vecchie Viti is an attractive mid-weight yet deep offering. Wild red cherry, cedar, pipe tobacco, spice, cedar and dried flowers give the 2021 lovely aromatic presence to play off a core of red-toned fruit. This enjoyable, complete Barolo is very nicely done." —Antonio Galloni

More about Roccheviberti

Of all Barolo's Grand Crus, Rocche di Castiglione is surely one of the grandest. It’s a long, steep limestone-rich site that stretches just south of the village of Castiglione, facing perfectly towards the southeast like many of Piedmont’s greatest vineyards. It is located almost exactly in the middle of DOC Barolo and seems to produce wines that pull together, with exceptional poise and tension, all of Barolo’s elements, from cherry fruit and rose petals to wild mushrooms and dried herbs.

Rocche, in fact, is such a great and famous site that the Viberti family, which has worked the vines of Castiglione since 1946, decided to join their own name to the Grand Cru and call their winery Roccheviberti. That may seem presumptuous, but in this case it is totally justified. While many famous producers release Rocche — Vietti, Brovia, Oddero and others — only Roccheviberti can claim to be true Rocche specialists: they have only 4.5 hectares of vines, and the vast majority of them are in Rocche.

And they know what they're doing. We've been following their wines for years, and We're big fans of the style. Of the great Rocche producers, Roccheviberti is closest to Brovia's, in that it balances tradition with precision in order to best express the greatness and individuality of the site. So macerations are long, but not super long, so as not to extract too much tannin. There are no shiny new barriques here, but the giant casks that are used to age the wines are made of French oak, like at Brovia, to permit a gentler exchange of oxygen. The goal is classical Barolo that expresses the incredibly nuanced terroir of Rocche.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy , Fruity , Spicy

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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