Velut Luna 2019 - Paride Iaretti

Velvut Luna - Paride Iaretti

The Velut Moon is a red wine produced with purple Nebbiolo grapes that grow on porphyry and volcanic soil with abundant presence of iron. Vinified in steel affinate 12/15 months in French oak barrels of 225 liters. The color is light and transparent garnet. The nose recognizes floral notes such as purple, cyclamen and rose, cherry and raspberry fruity with liquorice and vanilla puffs. In the mouth is enveloping, fresh with very fine tannins and long persistence. A nebbiolo in purity of great balance, from the dragging fruit.

Service

It is advisable to serve it at a 16/18 ° temperature in tulip goblets. Wine to drink immediately that does not deny being aged a few years.

Pairing

The Velut Luna is great as a full-meal wine, in combination with first courses and a second of meat, to try with spaghetti with meatballs.

Cellar: Paride Iaretti

Paride Iaretti is one of the youngest and most promising producers in Gattinara, a beautiful area in the upper Piedmont between Biella and Vercelli. Here the reference grape is the Nebbiolo, which gives wines that are slightly more minerals and iron due to the volcanic and iron-rich soil. But we also find Vespolina, with its caracteristic scent of white pepper, Croatina, Rare Grape and Arneis. The winery of Paride Iaretti was founded by his father, Pietro, who in his spare time after his urban vigilance cultivated the vineyard for selling grapes to the cooperative and vinifying a small part that then sold as bulk wine. Paride with a cook diploma at Varallo Pombia's hotel school in 1999 when his dad Pietro decides to sell the vineyard does not think twice to leave his work at the supermarket and start his life as a vineyard.