Vietti - Nebbiolo Perbacco Langhe 2020 (5L)
Vietti's Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo is one of our favorite wines because it offers tremendous quality and has a very humble price.
At its essence this is a Barolo. Most of the fruit for this wine is from their excellent Barolo sources but a couple of their Barbaresco sites are also included. The vines are an average of 35 years old. Together these wines Offer up generous fruit along with menthol, spices and hard candy, showing notable intensity while retaining an essentially mid-weight style. Strong, intense and powerful when young, complex and elegant with the ageing.
Antonio Galloni: 92 Points
The 2020 Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco is another terrific entry-level wine from Vietti. In this vintage, the Perbacco is especially fine. Sweet dried cherry, herbs, mint, crushed flowers, anise and orange peel grace this striking, alluring Nebbiolo. There's tons of depth and sheer pedigree, things that have not always been present in recent editions. For years, Perbacco was a very serious wine - some might say almost too serious - for its peer group. Then Vietti pivoted to a simpler style. With the 2020, Perbacco seems to once again be a wine that overdelivers, big time. Quite frankly, the 2020 Perbacco is more satisfying than many Barbarescos and Barolos I tasted this year.
