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 Arneis grapes are selected from vineyards located in the middle
of the Roero area, in Santo Stefano Roero. Each hectare of vineyard
is home to 4000 vines 25 years of age which produce approximately
57 hectoliters.
The grapes are crushed, pressed and clarified. Alcoholic fermentation
occurs in stainless steel autoclave at lower temperature (12-14°C)
to preserve some natural CO2 from the fermentation. There is no malolactic
fermentation which helps preserve acidity and freshness.
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