La Spinetta Barolo Campe 2019

The Rivetti family story begins in the 1890s when Giovanni Rivetti left Piedmont for Argentina. Like many Italians then, he dreamed of returning a rich man, perhaps even one day able to make a great wine in his homeland. He never did, though his son, Giuseppe “Pin,” did. Pin married Lidia, bought vineyards and began to make wine.
In 1977 the family took up residence at La Spinetta (top of the hill) in Castagnole Lanze. It was the heart of the Moscato d’Asti country, a relatively light and simple dessert wine. But the Rivettis believed that Moscato had the potential for greatness and set out to prove it by making Moscato Bricco Quaglia and Biancospino.
Eventually, though, the family’s vision was even grander, and in 1985 La Spinetta made its first red wine, Barbera C di Pian. After this, many great reds followed: In 1989, the Rivettis dedicated their red blend Pin to their father. From 1995 to 1998, they started to make their first Barbaresco Gallina, Barbaresco Starderi, Barbera d’Alba Gallina, Barbaresco Valeirano, and the Barbera d’Asti Superiore. In 2000 the family began making a Barolo and built a state-of-the-art cellar, Barolo Camp.
In 2001 they expanded over the borders of Piedmont. They acquired 65 hectares of vineyards in Tuscany, between Pisa and Volterra, to make three different 100% Sangiovese wines, as Sangiovese, to us, is the true ambassador of the Tuscan terrain.