The Story
Northern Italy grows about 40% of total Italian wine grapes on over 600 000 acres. Grown in cooler climate Northern Italian wine have rich taste, high acidity, tart, fruit and herb flavors.
The region of Piedmont, one of the largest in continental Italy, is home of unique grape varieties like Barbera, Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Ruchè, Moscato, Brachetto. Here, in the province of Asti, where the world famous sparkling wine stems from, lies Nizza Monferatto - land of vineyards and home of Scarpa.
With an average of 2096 hours of bright sun per year together with mild climate, grapes reach full and saturated taste. Add over a hundred years of wine-making tradition, sincere dedicated people and you will receive what are now, and have always been, Scarpa wines.
Vuosikerta 2008
The season was characterized by an autumn and a winter which were not particularly cold and with little rain, conditions which favored a slightly early bud break compared to the preceding vintages. Spring, and the first vegetation, saw the appearance of adverse meteorological conditions, with frequent rainfall until the end of May which caused a slowing of plant growth, a slowing which, nonetheless, did not have harmful effects on vine health. June and July, instead, were warm and dry, while in August there was scattered rainfall which helped the vines to sustain regular growth of both the vegetation and the grapes.
The months of September and October were very favorable for harvest operations, thanks as well to temperature swings from daytime heat to nighttime coolness, optimal conditions for grape quality. Sangiovese was picked during the last ten days of September, while Cabernet continued to be harvested until the middle of October. From the very beginning of the harvest the musts showed very interesting colors and aromas, which indicated that the vintage was of very high level indeed.