ArPePe Valtellina Superiore Riserva Inferno Sesto Canto 2009 750ml (750ml)

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Producer	ArPePe
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardia
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Vintage	2009
Sku	RD12399
Size	750ml

 

Dante's Sixth Canto describes the punishments inflicted on gluttons. The landscape is flailed by eternal rain and Cerberus barks horribly, baring his teeth, but Virgil silences him by filling his mouth with earth. Here we are in the third circle, just as our vineyard, 450 meters above sea level, is on the third curve of the road known as the Inferno Circuit.  A circuit that saw Arturo many times racing, in the Valtellina Cup Rally. This was his other great passion and it inspired him to dream of an Inferno Riserva that would celebrate the power, the roaring sound and the discordant growl of a harsh land that leaves one speechless. In 2009 we decided that the time had come to make his dream come true: Valtellina Superiore Inferno Riserva Sesto Canto DOCG. An amazing vintage, with scratchy tannins, and long ageing in chestnut barrels has given us a impressive wine with the powerful feel of a solemn canto.

"Wine is a labor of love." We so often hear this phrase from winemakers, but there is perhaps no producer or wine that epitomizes this statement better than Ar.Pe.Pe. in Valtellina. It is here in the mountainous alpine region of Lombardia, that Nebbiolo, known locally as Chiavennasca, clingingly grows up to a dizzying 700 of meters altitude for a truly unique terroir-driven expression of Italy's noble varietal. At first glance, you feel you might need a mountain climbing apparatus or some serious Velcro just to walk the vineyards. This is truly extreme viticulture; these are heights with angles of steepness that challenge and surpass those of Hermitage, Priorat, or even that of Cinque Terre. The threat of landslides and vertigo are very real, and the harsh reality is that this unforgiving terroi