Valtellina Superiore Sassella 'Stella Retica' Ar.Pe.Pe. 2022
Perfect to give as a gift“Stella Retica” is an elegant expression of Valtellina Superiore Sassella, born from terraced mountain vineyards and aged for 24 months in oak and chestnut barrels. Crisp and woody aromas of wild fruits, violets, and noble woods enliven a full-bodied, fresh, and sleek sip, with elegant and fine tannins.
The Sassella Stella Retica Ar.Pe.Pe. is undeniably linked to a production history marked by strong choices and by an unwavering passion for the complex wine-growing territory of Valtellina. In 150 years of history, the Pelizzatti Perego family has faced alternating successes and various vicissitudes, culminating in the 1970s, after a long period of hard work among the picturesque terraces of the Sondrio countryside, with the sale of the company to a foreign group due to inheritance disputes among the descendants of the founder.
Since then, Arturo Pelizzatti Perego, the namesake grandson of the creator of the first Nebbiolo production in Valtellina, from whose name the company acronym derives, has tirelessly pursued the dream of restoring continuity to the family business, reclaiming part of the family vineyards and the historic Buon Consiglio cellar since the 1980s, which had meanwhile fallen into disrepair with the production of generic wines. Aiming to regain credibility after years of decline, Arturo has worked on the front of his convictions, without yielding to any compromise, setting his new production on the concept of "right waiting time": with the certainty that time was the best way to bring out the potential of the terroir, Arturo ensured that for the first six years after the refoundation, his wines continued to enter the barrels of Buon Consiglio without anything leaving the cellar.
With this prerogative, the wines of Ar.Pe.Pe continue to undergo long aging, without the immobilization of capital justifying exorbitant prices: Arturo prefers to grant his wines the favor of a proper aging, to give his audience all the finesse of Nebbiolo from Valtellina. Thus it is for the Sassella Stella Retica, whose long maturation gives complexity without altering the typical freshness, in a crescendo of aromatic satisfaction marked by persistence and elegance: and this is what the authenticity of Valtellina knows how to create and this is what Ar.Pe.Pe. pursues, against every easy concession to trends or shortcuts.