ARPEPE Rosso di Valtelina Nebbiolo 2020 Regular

100% Chiavennasca (Nebbiolo) from 50-100-year-old vines sourced from lower slopes of Sassella and Grumello vineyards at 350-400 meters South/east exposure. 110-day maceration on the skins, aged 6-12 months in 50-hectoliter untoasted oak casks.

The Rosso di Valtellina DOC from ARPEPE first saw the light in 2003, after a sweltering summer that had put our vines and our winegrowers sorely to the test. It would not have been fair to demean all their hard work by selling off the grapes, which were unsuitable for making a vintage wine. The choice came naturally: what might have had little value in the distant future could be given great dignity when young. The Rosso di Valtellina thus acquired a free and light-hearted personality, even though its elder siblings, more serious and refined, feared it might not last for years.