$28
Grown in Barbaresco and aged for eight months in stainless steel this wine has all the fruity and spicy characteristics of a traditional Barbaresco, but it is meant to be consumed young. Complex and smooth with a good structure of crunchy red fruit, violets and velvety tannins. The influence of the vintage is clear in the outcome of a well-balanced wine.
Pairs well with pizza, pasta or any beef/pork dish.
Organically Farmed, only 666 cases produced.
In Stock At our temperature controlled facility in Costa Mesa, CA
Italy’s best kept treasure. Nebbiolo produces some of the greatest wines in the world, but is hardly planted outside of its home country. Famous to Italy’s Piedmont region, look for these twin stars that are 100% Nebbiolo: Barolo and Barbaresco. This renowned grape produces glorious red wine containing complex flavors with high acid and tannin, allowing these babies (in the right hands) to age for years to come. Grab yourself a bottle, or three, and see for yourself what these wines can do!
Barbaresco is the smaller region within Piemonte with the black grape Nebbiolo as king. These bold beauties can age for decades due to high acid and tannins. With influence from the river, Nebbiolo here can often be fruitier and less perfumed than in Barolo. Barbaresco has a primary designated area, Barbaresco DOCG, where the wines must spend nine months in oak and be aged for two years before release. For higher quality wines you will find a single named vineyard or the word “cru” on the label.
My father, Adriano, is the youngest son of Natale and Teresa Vacca. Our family has lived in this region for generations. Like many families in the Langhe, we speak Piemontese as our first language and Italian as our second. Some of the grapevines we manage today were planted by my great grandfather.”
-Renato Vacca, winemaker and owner of Cantina del Pino
Four generations of Vacca family members have produced wine from the same vineyards clustered around the Ovello hill in Barbaresco. The property’s alkaline limestone soil composition and unique microclimate produce a structured, age worthy Nebbiolo. The Vacca family uses no chemical fertilization, no pesticides either, nor herbicides. They have a precise, hands-on mentality that follows the older, traditional ways of respecting the land.
Adriano and Renato Vacca, father and son, started the winery together. Adriano was also one of the founding members of the area cooperative Produttori del Barbaresco. For many years they sold their grapes to the organization. In 1997, after completing enology school and 5 years of field training, Renato decided to produce his own wine his the help of his father.
Unfortunately, on March 14, 2020 Renato passed away at 51 after a yearlong battle with cancer. Read more about Renato’s life and the legacy he built here.