The history of Vietti wines goes back four generations. Wine has been
vinified here since the 19th century but it took until the beginning
of the 20th Century for Mario Vietti to bottle under his own label.
Mario Vietti’s daughter Luciana married Alfredo Currado. In 1990 their
son Luca Currado joined his borther-in-law Mario Cordero to lead the
winery. Vietti now owns 31 hectares of vineyards in the provinces
of Cuneo and Asti.
Alfredo Currado proved to be a trend setter. In 1952 he was one of
the first to bottle single vineyard Barolo with his Brunate, Rocche
and Villero. In 1967 he turned his focus to rediscover and understand
the Arneis, an under-appreciated variety at the time, but one which
is now the most famous white wine in the Roero area.
In 1970 Alfredo and Luciana were inspired by a local artist to break
with the status quo of the region once again. To give freshness and
modernity to the labels they began featuring artwork by Gianni Gallo,
Eso Peluzzi, Pietro Cascella, Mino Maccari and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
In 1996, for the official presentation of the Janet Fish 1990 Villero
label, the entire collection was shown at the Museum of Modern Art
in New York.
The Moscato grapes for Vietti’s Moscato d’Asti are selected from different
vineyards located in Castiglione Tinella. Per hectare, 4500 vines
with a median age of 34 years produce 65 hectoliters.
The
grapes are crushed, pressed and clarified. Alcoholic fermentation
occurs in stainless steel autoclave in order to preserve some natural
CO2. At 5.5 degrees alcohol fermentation is stopped with refrigeration.
Secondary fermentation occurs in tank by adding yeast and increasing
the temperature to a controlled 12°-14° C. The wine is then filtered
and bottled.
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