Vietti, Barolo Rocche di Castiglione, 2008 SO020526 Le Ragnaie an old Portuguese style co-fermenting

an old Portuguese style co-fermenting white and red grapes into a light

That single decision changes how it behaves in a glass

structured grand cru of Barbaresco

and just enough spice to keep it interesting

Vietti, Barolo Rocche di Castiglione, 2008 SO020526 Le Ragnaie an old Portuguese style co-fermentingRocche di Castiglione from a cool, classic Barolo vintage, eighteen years on and just now hitting its stride. Vietti was the family estate that first championed Rocche as a single cru Alfredo Currado began bottling it in 1961 and the 2008 was made in the Currado family era, with his son Luca running the cellar, well before the 2016 Krause acquisition. Castiglione Falletto's sandstone marl fruit has always been perfumed and structured, and 2008 played