THE PRODUCER
Crowning the hilltop village of Castiglione Falletto with cellars in the steep
hillside below, Vietti was founded by Carlo Vietti in the late 1800s and have
been bottling Barolo since 1873. The 1960s became a turning point, when Luciana
Vietti married winemaker and art connoisseur Alfredo Curado – who brought the
idea of bottling single vineyard Barolo and introducing art labels on the
bottles.

Today, Luca Vietti, son of Luciana and Alfredo, run the estate, cultivating
fifteen different vineyards across the region. These vineyards deliver material
for a fabulous range of wines from the value Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo right
through to five single vineyard wines, of which we list three - Rocche di
Castiglione (in Castiglione Falletto), Ravera (in Barolo), and Brunate (in La
Morra).

THE WINE

Vietti’s Barolo Ravera is derived from the estate’s 3-hectare plot in the
eponymous vineyard in the Novello village. The exposure is southwest facing, and
the soil is calcareous clay. Vines are 30 years old on average with a few dating
back to the 1930s. Fermentation and maceration take place in stainless steel
tanks and is followed by 32 months ageing in large oak casks. An elegant and
refined wine with floral and red fruited complexity, Barolo Ravera rarely
disappoints.

INFORMATION
Type:RedVintage:2016Country:ItalyRegion:Piedmont
Sub region:BaroloGrape:100% Nebbiolo
Style:Savory and classicSweetness:DryABV:14.5%Drinking window:2024 - 2056Size:
750mlFood match:Lamb


CRITICS SCORES
We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines)of
which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to
promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided
by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do
not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more
weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores
like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100average critic score or
better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a
high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we
offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the
market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and
representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide
to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add
individual critic scores to our website in the future.