An utterly outstanding Riserva Barbaresco from this most exciting of Domaine's in Nieve, now headed up by brother and sister duo Beatrice and Marco Rivetti. We have followed this Domaine with such excitement and are very happy to be now adding them to our Piedmont portfolio.

Rivetti is a small MGA in the north-west of Barbaresco DOCG. The family's vineyard there is one of their most beautiful. The vineyard is exposed to the south-east and south-west, as it rides over the highest ridge. The elevation here is 350m and the soils are clay. The vines used in the Riserva are always the vineyards oldest, at forty years plus in age.

In 2021 the grapes were hand harvested in the second week of October at perfect maturity in this great season. After destemming the grapes were softly crushed and natural fermentation started in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures between 25-28 degrees. Maceration on skins for three weeks with racking and returning the juice over the must twice a day to perfectly extract from this great harvest. The wine is then put to 20 and 30hl Slavonian oak barrels for three years. Then stored in bottle for at least ten months before release.

This is the fourth release since the debut 2015 (2016 and 2019 released also). It is outstanding, really putting Rivetti MGA on the map like never before. In the glass the colour is quite a deep ruby red with orange hues. The nose is a real "Wow!" being both ethereal and intense. The palate is deeply flavoured and beautifully proportioned. It really is only just starting to reveal itself. If drinking now, you need a decanter, a large glass and a very good friend to share it with. We believe the wine shall really start coming into its own in 2030 and drink until 2050++.

Bravo Beatrice & Marco and the family Rivetti.