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The Story
Tettimorra comes from a 1.0 hectare vineyard near the village of La Morra, between the crus of Bricco San Biagio and Roggeri (i.e., near Arborina). The elevation is about 300 meters. The name means “the roofs of La Morra” and follows the name of Scarpa’s Barbaresco vineyard, Tettineive.
Traditional fermentation in large, old truncated conical wooden vats for about 28 days. Aging for over four years in large casks (2,000-10,000 liters) and t...
Vuosikerta 1978
The 1978 wine vintage in Italy was a breathtaking, monumental masterpiece, universally ranked alongside 1971 and 1990 as one of the absolute greatest Italian harvests of the 20th century. A delayed spring led to an exceptionally long, slow growing season, which was saved by a miracle late summer and a flawless, sun-drenched autumn that allowed late-ripening grapes to reach unprecedented levels of perfect phenolic maturity and sugar concentrati...