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Garassino: a (commendable) 30 for Barbaresco!
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With the 2017 vintage, this wine by Tenuta Carretta reaches its 30th harvest: identity and diversity of the «monopole» Menzione Geografica The town of Treiso, one of the four where Barbaresco DOCG wine comes from, is located a few kilometers from Alba. From the first hilly ridge delimited by the road that leads to the town comes a truly exceptional wine, a rare product of the complex...
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Time, steel and wood: the essential elements of our cellar
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The raw material of a cellar is wine, but what fuels it is time. Time facilitates transformation. It welcomes the “infant” wine and helps it grow; it stabilizes the wine and leads it to maturity through a series of physico-chemical modifications which reveal its full potential when conducted properly. If time “educates” wine, the barrels are its “cradle”. After the...
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Harvest 2021, one of the best of the last twenty years
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How was the 2021 harvest? This is a popular question, especially after a fluctuating and " bizarre" season that put the vine to the test: featuring frosts in spring and dry heat, almost similar to drought, in the summer. Amidst the erratic climate, the 2021 harvest will certainly be remembered as one of the best of the last twenty years. At least according to Giovanni Minetti, CEO of Tenuta...
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The history and tradition of 60 grape harvests Barolo Cannubi by Tenuta Carretta
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For a peculiar denomination such as Cannubi and a wine tightly hinged on tradition, having a productive vineyard since 1958 is like keeping a piece of history. This is the case for Tenuta Carretta’s Barolo Cannubi: harvested in 1961 for the very first time, it now celebrates its 60th reaping. Cannubi is a hill located within the town of Barolo, surrounded on three sides by the hills of...
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Summer operations in the vineyard
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Summer season among the vineyards is definitely not a walk in the park. Quite the opposite: given that this is a decisive period for the quality of future wines, winemakers remain particularly attentive during this season. The heat can “cook” the grapes. Heavy rains can wash out the soil and cause landslides. And hail is the number one enemy: this weather phenomenon can wipe out a whole...
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Alta Langa, a happy intuition
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In the previous post we saw how, in the early 90s, the "Sparkling Project" constituted the experimental basis for enhancing the Classic Method of Piedmont. The alliance between important sparkling wine producers in the provinces of Cuneo, Asti and Alessandria lays the foundations for starting a wine and enological journey that has a specific goal: to demonstrate that Piedmont has the soil...
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Casa Cayega returns on September 5th: save the date!
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Where have the beautiful harvest festivities gone? Those wonderful convivial moments in which you sit at the table inebriated by the smell of musts. Where the ripe grapes are gathered and the sweet nectar of the berries is tasted. Those parties where you dance to a nostalgic song while tasting the wines bottled during the past seasons? Where are the toasts in which the beauty of the dying...
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Alta Langa, the origins of the Piedmontese Classic Method
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In questo articolo, a firma di Giovanni Minetti (Ceo di Tenuta Carretta) si approfondisce la nascita del Metodo Classico Alta Langa. Una storia di innovazione e riscatto, in cui la voglia di dimostrare la vocazione del Piemonte alla spumantistica si trasforma in un'occasione per innovare la viticoltura delle Langhe. The second part is available >>> HERE THE ORIGINS OF THE...
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Tenuta Carretta, 554 years of excellent viticulture
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Five hundred and fifty-four years of history. Tenuta Carretta's heritage extends not only in space, with some of the most prestigious vineyards of Langhe and Roero, but also over time. An amazing production continuity, which makes the "Carretta" one of the oldest wineries in Langhe and Roero. In the beginning there is always a name. That of a noblewoman, to be exact. Domina "Careta", as...
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Tenuta carretta celebrates fifty years of “Bric Paradiso”
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Tenuta Carretta celebrates another chapter of its noble history Tenuta Carretta, the historic winery in Piobesi d’Alba, has been pursuing ideals of passion and dedication to wine for over five hundred years. This is proven by the property vineyards present in the areas of Langhe and Roero that total to eighty hectares: every single plot is studied in depth in order to masterfully transform...
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