Vietti 2010 Barolo Riserva Villero

The Wine

The 2010 Vietti Barolo Riserva "Villero" is a powerful, age-worthy Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto’s prestigious Villero cru. Deep garnet in color, it opens with layered aromas of wild berries, rose, tar, and iron.

On the palate, dark cherry, cocoa, and mineral notes are framed by firm tannins and the notable acidity that is a marker for Nebbiolo. Aged with minimal intervention and released only every four years, this Barolo Riserva is built to cellar through 2043+. 

Critics praise its complexity and elegance, with scores up to 99 points. A true collector’s gem!

The 2010 Vintage: 5 of 5 stars. Widely regarded as one of the greatest in recent memory. A benchmark vintage.

The Winery

The Vietti winery, is based in the small medieval village of Castiglione Falletto in the heart of Piedmont’s famous “Langhe” region. Here the Krause family carefully and patiently handcrafts lauded wines that are the result of a unique combination of sun, soil and the winemaker's craft.

Though the history dates back to the 1800's, the first Vietti-labeled wines were produced by third-generation Mario, who transformed the family’s vineyards into an estate winery. In 1952, Luciana Vietti married winemaker and art connoisseur Alfredo Currado, whose intuitions – from the production of one of the first Barolo crus (Rocche di Castiglione – 1965), through the single-varietal vinification of Arneis (1967) to the invention of Artist Labels (1974) – made him both symbol and architect of some of the most significant revolutions of the time.

In 1970 the Viettis began working with artists on an ongoing, original artwork label program, featuring Pier Paolo Pasolini and Janet Fish, which received an exhibition at New York’s MOMA in 1996. In 1990 Alfredo and Luciana’s son Luca joined the family business as winemaker after working at California's Simi Winery, Opus One, Long Vineyards and Bordeaux's Mouton-Rothschild. 

His innovative winemaking utilizes a unique combination of the modern and traditional. Luca's focus on terroir is reflected in his careful cultivation and organic farming of more than 25 single vineyards. The estate has gradually grown over the course of time, and today the vineyards include some of the most highly-prized terroirs within the Barolo winegrowing area.

In 2016 the historic winery was acquired by Krause Holdings, enabling Luca and Elena, always at the head of Vietti brand, to add a number of prized crus to the estate’s holdings, and be able as a result to look to a future with new, stimulating prospects, all while maintaining the family approach for which the cellar has always been known.