LLS Portfolio Book 2015

Ceretto

Famed Italian gastronome and intellectual Luigi Veronelli wrote, “The land, the land, the land, the land, always, the land.” The Ceretto family has sustained this same philosophy since the sixties when Bruno and Marcello joined their father Riccardo in the family business in Alba. The two brothers’ objective was to select vineyards in the most historically important areas for the production of great wines. This idea, spawned by a visit to Burgundy, would prove the wisdom of the Ceretto family, placing their bottles among the greats of enology and elevating Barolo and Barbaresco among the most appreciated and prestigious wines in the world. The idea was revolutionary at the time for a territory in which the concept of “cru” was completely unknown. This intuition was most-notably seen as they began to display their crus as manifestations of their special terroir.

Barbaresco Bernardot DOCG This 100% Nebbiolo wine is made entirely from grapes grown in the Bernardot cru. The vineyard is located on a ridge just south of Treiso with mostly southern exposures. The wine is aged in a combination of French oak barriques and barrels for two years before bottling.

Barbaresco Bricco Asili DOCG The name of the wine, Bricco Asili, comes from a combination of the name for the Asili vineyard, and the word “bricco” which, in local dialect, means the top of a hill. The resulting wine is unfined, unfiltered, and racking is kept to a minimum so that every part of the wine’s true character is allowed to come through on the palate.

Barbaresco DOCG With the 2011 vintage of Barbaresco, the name on the label of Barbaresco Asij was simplified to ‘Barbaresco’. Asij was created as the first Barbaresco of the house of Ceretto, from the the Asili vineyards of Barbaresco. It was considered Ceretto’s top Barbaresco until the 70s, when Bruno and Marcello decided to invest in prestigious single-vineyards and began to purchase the first hectares of vines. From that point forward, Asij became the second wine of Ceretto’s Barbaresco offerings. The grapes are been sourced from multiple vineyards across the appellation, as was common before the movement to single-vineyard bottlings. Ceretto Barbaresco DOCG is a classic wine, intended to be like those from the turn of the century, when the concept of ‘cru’ was totally unknown to the region’s winemakers. Made from 100% Nebbiolo grapes, the wine is aged for 24 months in barriques and barrels to round and soften the tannins in the wine.

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WINES OF NORTHERN ITALY