Claudio Viberti - Langhe Nebbiolo, Piemonte, Italy (2023)

TASTING NOTES

Juicy and svelte, this lovely wine has a tense palate and is super perfumed with rose petals, violets and scrubby heather notes and beautiful fragrant cherries.

Fermentation in stainless steel with twelve to fourteen months in large, steamed (not toasted) oak vats. Minimal sulphur and zero additives preserve fruit purity and varietal expression, a hallmark of Viberti’s restrained natural-wine philosophy.

The story began when Antonio Viberti made wine to serve at the family’s inn, Al Buon Padre. His son Giovanni expanded the vineyards in the 1960s and helped transition the winery into a more serious estate.

Today, Claudio and his brother continue the work as one of the quiet, enduring names of Piedmont on 20 hectares of sustainably farmed vines. Claudio focuses on native varieties and west-facing slopes at high elevation, which give the wines energy, aromatic lift and structure. Everything is estate grown, fermented with indigenous yeast, and aged without flashy oak.