Alessandro Veglio
Alessandro Veglio Barbera d'Alba 2022
Alessandro Veglio Barbera d'Alba 2022
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With its modest tannins and bright acidity, barbera is a versatile, food-friendly wine that's equally at home with lean meats and roasted chicken as it is with grilled vegetables and tofu. The grapes here are just coming into their age, planted in the early 2000s. Each vintage is fermented and aged in stainless steel, taking a more modern approach to an otherwise classic variety. This vintage is especially bright, with plenty of cherry, strawberry, and nutmeg on the palate.
About Alessandro Veglio
About Alessandro Veglio
Based in the commune of La Morra, Alessandro Veglio crafts very small amounts of Dolcetto, Barbera, and three delicious wines based on Nebbiolo. The Veglio family in Piedmont knows well the history of the area’s viniculture, having worked the land since the beginning of the last century. They cultivated crops and raised livestock, “inventing new ways of getting by every day.” Angelo Veglio, born in 1928, sought to escape the life of a sharecropper. His vision was to own a vineyard, and in 1979 the family acquired a shabby farmhouse called Cascina Nuova with about five hectares of vineyards. Alessandro learned his trade from the family, eventually branching out on his own. Alessandro made the decision early on to not use any herbicides or pesticides in the vineyards, instead using pheromones that “confuse the mating habits of insects and limit their reproduction”. Grapes are exposed to natural wild yeasts with no innoculation and the wines are aged in a combination of smaller French barriques and larger tonneaux barrels.
Region
Region
La Morra, Alba, Piemonte, Italy
Variety
Variety
Barbera
Technical Details
Technical Details
