Barbaresco docg Valeirano La Spinetta 2010

The Barbaresco "Vursu Valeirano" of La Spinetta is produced with Nebbiolo grapes cultivated in the “Valeirano” cru in Treiso district. This wine has an intense ruby red color and a fruited bouquet with currant and red fruit scents, in addition to lightly spiced background. The taste is structured and austere, with important tannins and a persistent final. It is perfect if drunk with grilled meat, meat courses, game and aging cheeses.

The history of Rivetti’s family starter in 1890, when Giovanni Rivetti left for Argentina, by abandoning his family in Italy. His son Giuseppe began to lay the foundations for the building of a cave: so he started the wines’ production and the Rivetti family settled in La Spinetta, in Castagnole Lanze in 1977, where it was produced the first red wine, Barbera Cà di Pian. Recently the Rivetti’s have purchased some vineyards in Grinzane Cavour, where an art cave has been founded, and it is called Barolo Campè. Nowadays Rivetti’vineyards extend in Toscana, too, by occupying about 65 hectares of the territory.