Vite Colte Barbaresco “La Casa in Collina”
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The La Casa In Collina comes from the Barbaresco DOCG appellation.
- Historical production techniques are used, blending batches from areas with different microclimates.
Varietal Composition: 100% Nebbiolo
Elaboration: Alcoholic fermentation is traditional, at a temperature of 28 30 C, and lasts about 20 days. Malolactic fermentation is followed by a period of aging in large oak barrels, where the wine spends up to one year.
Tasting Notes: The color is ruby red shading to garnet. The bouquet is very intense and really complex, with scents of ripe plum and black cherry Exhibiting powder coffee and tobacco notes as well. The palate is rich, generous and subtly zesty. Persistent with sweet and well integrated tannins The finish and aftertaste show notes of vanilla and cherry.
PRESS
2019 – 91 James Suckling | 90 Wine Enthusiast
2020 – 91 James Suckling | 91 Falstaff
2021 – 91 James Suckling | 91 Decanter
PRODUCER BACKGROUND
ViteColte is a grower-owned cooperative headquartered in Barolo, Italy, a village in the Province of Cuneo within the UNESCO Protected Wine Heritage region of Piedmont. It is about 50 kilometers southeast of Turin.
ViteColte means “the art of cultivating the vine.” Membership totals 180 winegrowers who cultivate 300 hectares of vineyard. The cooperative was founded in the 1980s as Terre da Vino and renamed ViteColte in 2016. The group strives for consistent quality stemming from innovation blended with experience, tradition, and passion.