Arpepe Il Pettirosso 2021

Region: Italy » Lombardy » Valtellina Superiore DOCG
Type: red still, dry
Producer: Arpepe
Vintage: 2021
Grapes: Nebbiolo
Alcohol: 13.5
Volume: 750 mL
Cellar: not available
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Ratings

November 4, 2025

4.1

·@Lo Bar

Too young, of course - but very good despite itself.

Tea leaves and roses on the nose, alongside a mix of sour red and black berries, earth, and mushrooms. Proper Nebbiolo aromatics, layered and evolving.

The palate has real energy and charge. Very dry tannin grips hard, but here's what makes it work: the body is beautiful and fine, almost delicate despite the structural intensity. Long, complex finish that keeps unfolding. This is the tension that makes great Valtellina - power meeting finesse, structure meeting elegance.

Very classy stuff. Needs time - ideally a few years - but the quality is clearly there. The kind of wine that makes you want to buy a case and forget about it for a while, then thank yourself later.