Rivetti Massimo

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The Rivetti Massimo winery is situated in Neive, in Piedmont; its vineyards stretch on the sunny hills of the Lower Langa. The twenty hectares fully intended for the vine cultivation are divided into three different farmsteads:

Froi, which is in the commune of Neive is the business centre and it is property of the family since 1947. It has always been intended for the wine viticultural production and with its wine-cellar and the twelve hectare vineyards it is one of the oldest structures in the area (which were already mentioned on the military maps at the end of the XIX century). The vineyards look favourably South, South-West, in fact they have two subzones called Rivetti and Serraboella, which are particularly important for the production of the Nebbiolo da Barbaresco; in addition to Nebbiolo also Barbera d’Alba, Moscato d’Asti and Cabernet Sauvignon are cultivated. Most of the vineyards are between thirty and fifty years old and they have a high density per hectare (4500 / 6500 vines).

Garassino, which is situated in the commune of Mango, comprises four hectares looking South-West.
For our farm it represents the possibility of future expansion of the plants; here, in fact, the vineyards are younger and there is the trend towards innovation of the Piedmontese sorts with the introduction of Merlot, Pinot Nero, besides to Langhe Nebbiolo and Langhe Arneis.

La Palazzina, which is in the commune of Alba, comprises as well four hectares vines with traditional sorts such as: Nebbiolo d’Alba, Barbera d’Alba and Dolcetto d’Alba, with fully ripe (over 35 years), looking South vineyards.

Wines available:

Arneis "Aurelia", Langhe, DOCG RivMass-Arneis-Aurelia- tech sheet

Rosso "Garasin", Langhe, DOC RivMass-Rosso-Garasin- tech sheet

Barbera d'Alba, Superiore "Serraboella" DOC RivMass-Barbera Serraboella - tech sheet

Brut Rose "Duemilaotto" Sparkling RivMass-Duemilaotto Brut Rose - info sheet

Barbaresco “Froi” DOCG RivMass-Barbaresco-Froi-tech sheet (PDF)

2010 vintage: 91 pt James Suckling.

Barbaresco Riserva “Serraboella” DOCG – RivMass-barbaresco Ris serraboella-tech sheet (PDF)

2006 vintage: 92pt Wine Advocate, 92 pt Wine Spectator, 92 Wine Enthusiast, 92 pt James Suckling.

Moscato d’Asti – “Maggiorina” DOCG RivMass-Moscato d asti-tech sheet (PDF)

Nebbiolo, Langhe “Bricco Avene” DOC RivMass-Nebbiolo-tech (PDF)

Barbera d’Alba Superiore “Froi” DOCG RivMass-Barbera-tech sheet (PDF)

Our Philosophy

With 5 generations of histoty, the Rivetti family makes high quality wine by starting in the vineyard with meticulous attention paid to every step in the process with respect for the environment, from mechanical mowing rather than using herbicides, organic fertilizers, to being the first winery in the area to control pests with the use of natural pheromones “sexual confusion” and finally the careful selection of high quality fruit by hand harvesting every bunch of grapes. All this will certify our wines ORGANIC in 2016. Low yields per hectare, favored by significant thinning “green harvest” and advanced cultivation techniques allow us to obtain high quality grapes. Harvest is done by hand in small harvest tubs of 20 kg to preserve the integrity of the grapes.

The work continues in the cellar, starting with temperature controlled fermentation with frequent pump overs for proper color extraction and polyphenolic substances. The young, ready to drink wines are stored in stainless steel tanks while the more structured wines are aged in wood consisting of Slavonian oak barrels “botte” and French oak barrels “barriques”. We follow the philosophy to keep the wine as natural as possible, using very low amounts of sulfites. The last step is bottling where no micro filtration is made in order to obtain wines with greater fullness and enhancing the characteristics of the territory.