Vietti, Barolo Monvigliero, 2019 (1.5L) so020224 new italy arrivals offer and a touch of saline

and a touch of saline minerality from the vineyard’s coastal proximity

age-worthy wine

Sixty percent of the fruit was fermented as whole grapes

Domaine des Tourelles — founded in 1868 and one of the country's oldest working wineries — bottles this white from two indigenous grapes

Winemaker Faouzi Issa fermented each variety separately with wild yeasts and held it in steel to keep every ounce of freshness

Vietti, Barolo Monvigliero, 2019 (1.5L) so020224 new italy arrivals offer and a touch of salineMonvigliero is Verduno's crown jewela south facing amphitheater of ancient fossilized marl that produces Barolo with Burgundian grace: more floral and perfumed than powerful. Vietti, one of Piedmont's most storied houses (the family produced their first single vineyard Barolo in 1961), debuted their Monvigliero bottling with the 2018 vintage, making this 2019 only the second release. The vines average forty four years old, planted in Sant'Agata Marla