Ceretto - Barbaresco Bernadot - Barbaresco 2020

Ceretto - Barbaresco Bernadot - Barbaresco 2020

Ceretto , the iconic crus of Barolo and Barbaresco

Ceretto's story is that of a passion that began in 1937 with Riccardo Ceretto who started an activity that wrote a significant piece of history on the Langhe hills. In the 60s, his sons Bruno and Marcello joined the business with an innovative model for that time in the Piemonte: the importance of the soils. Inspired by the Burgundy, they thought that each vineyard has its own characteristics to reveal and must be considered as a "Cru" in its own right. Thus, they started mapping out the lands that produced the best wines and buying the vineyards. Today the lands have been handed down to their children but the philosophy remains: the land is the soul of Ceretto's wines. 

Ceretto's family owns four wineries in the most suited areas of Langhe and Roero. The vineyards cover 160ha with 12ha in Barolo Appellation and 8ha in Barbaresco Appellation. Over the last two decades, aware of their responsibility to their precious lands, the family has embarked on a journey to adopt more environmentally sustainable farming methods and obtained the organic certification in 2015. 

Bernadot, a hymn to the beauty of the Nebbiolo variety.

Bernadot is a Cru located in the upper part of Treiso, in the Barbaresco appellation. The Ceretto's family invested in this 4,80ha vineyard in the 90s. They took the risk to plant Nebbiolo varieties at an altitude of 400m. Time has proved they were right and from the very first years, this Barabaresco wine has shown all its enveloping softness. 

The 2020 vintage

Bernadot is a Barbaresco that, while maintaining a deeply classic soul, satisfies thanks to the sweetness of its nose, to the succulence of its mouthfeel, and it does so without giving way to any redundancy. In the glass, it is an explosion of red berries, grenadine, and iris: the mouth is tempting, without exhibiting any excess of concentration.