Ar.pe.pe’s first Rosso di Valtellina was crafted  in 2003, after a sweltering summer made it impossible to produce wines with long ageing potential. They chose to blend fruit from all their vineyards and crus into one immediate, expressive wine. The result was so impressive that it has been made every year since.

Today, the wine comes from vines over fifty years old, rooted in granite soils at around 400 metres above sea level, from the lower slopes of the family’s vineyards and prevalenty from the subzone of Sassella. The grapes undergo a month-long maceration in traditional tini, before resting in chestnut casks until the following spring. The 2023 vintage, cool and classic vintage, it is the perfect introduction to the pale, delicate, and perfumed style of Mountain Nebbiolo that the Perego family has mastered so beautifully.