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Happy Holidays!
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Warm wishes for the happiest of holidays from our team!
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Awards and achievements: the highlights of our 2024
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As the year draws to a close, it’s time to look back and celebrate the achievements and experiences that made 2024 an exciting and rewarding season for Tenuta Carretta. This year brought us memorable events, new challenges, and remarkable accomplishments. The spring season saw us shine at tastings and events both in Italy and abroad, and September brought one of our most cherished...
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The 2024 Harvest at Tenuta Carretta: A Complex Vintage
If there were one word to encapsulate the 2024 harvest, it would be “challenging.” A broad, somewhat generic description, perhaps, but it perfectly captures the journey of those who managed this vintage - navigating temperamental weather that alternately delayed or accelerated grape picking to preserve quality, interpreting the fruit’s potential in the cellar to meet expectations, and...
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News from the Alta Langa project: the third chapter launches in November with Alta Langa DOCG Airali Extra Brut Blanc de Blanc 2021
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A new Alta Langa DOCG, available on the market starting in November: we are proud to announce the newest addition to our lineup, Airali Extra Brut Blanc de Blanc Metodo Classico 2021. “Our decision to produce a 100% Chardonnay Extra Brut stems from earlier in-house winemaking experiments that truly brought out the grape’s distinctive traits: vibrant acidity, a hint of salinity, and great...
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Cannubi: The Heart of Barolo
If Barolo is the "King of Wines," then Cannubi is its rightful throne. Perhaps the most celebrated hill in Italy's wine landscape and undoubtedly among the most historic vineyards - with archival research tracing the first documented mention back to 1752, the year it appeared on a label for the first time – Cannubi is a perfect blend of soil and climate factors that create wines symbolizing the...
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Save the Date: Casa Cayega Returns on Sunday, September 8th
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Grab your pen and calendar—this is a date you won't want to miss. Tenuta Carretta’s summer event, Casa Cayega, is back for its seventh edition on September 8, 2024. This year, we’re opening our doors for a festive day packed with activities for all ages. It’s a perfect opportunity to explore our beautiful region and savor the wines we’re proud to produce, especially our signature...
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A Semester of Achievements for Tenuta Carretta Wines
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As we reach the halfway mark of the year, it’s time to review and share a selection of the best results we’ve achieved in 2024. This period has been both intense and rewarding, filled with active participation in numerous events and relentless work in the vineyard and cellar to perfect our wines. We’re delighted to see that our efforts have been recognized with prestigious awards,...
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Canorei: a Vineyard Steeped in History
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Canorei is a toponym already present in ancient maps; for this reason it has been granted the status of MGA (Additional Geographic Indication) within the Production Regulations of the Roero DOCG. Since the delimited area is entirely located within the property of Tenuta Carretta, Canorei can be considered akin to a "cru monopole” – meaning an appellation exclusively used by the...
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A new, iconic label: Tenuta Carretta presents Barolo Riserva Cannubi 2018 Collezione Franco Miroglio
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The centuries-old history of Tenuta Carretta is closely intertwined with tradition. Like the one tied to the oldest Nebbiolo vineyards in Cannubi, planted in 1959 and vinified with the great 1961 harvest. Today, Tenuta Carretta owns four vineyards on the Cannubi hill - covering a total area of 2.6 hectares - in the most distinctive part of the MeGA, dedicated to the production of Barolo DOCG...
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Tenuta Carretta at Grandi Langhe 2024
Once again this year, we are excited to meet you at the eighth edition of Grandi Langhe, an event gathering over 300 wineries from Piedmont for a preview of the new vintages of the DOCG and DOC wines of Langhe and Roero. It will be an opportunity for professionals and trade operators to get together and taste the great wines of the Langhe, including new vintages of our Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco...
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