Vallisto Extremo Barbera 2022

Vallisto Barbera is an extremely joyful wine with delicious red and black fruit aromas of raspberry, blueberry and blackberry. It has a silky texture and a generous mouthful along with a heady finish. The fruit is beautifully pure and smooth, it is a wine that is impossible to dislike and one that highlights the quality and diversity that Argentina offers.

Vallisto is small project that produces unique wines from the remote Cafayate Valley in Salta in the very north of Argentina. The project is headed up by Francisco (Pancho) Lavaque, who is part of the Lavaque family, a well-known wine producer from this part of Argentina. This area of Argentina has some fantastic old vines, forgotten vineyards and generations of history which Pancho has embraced in his wines, but he has added a youthful, experimental and modern approach that sets them apart. This area of Salta was historically known for its inky, powerful wines but the Vallisto wines are characterised by freshness and elegance along with wonderful complex fruit. They are great example of modern Argentinean wines and show the diversity that this wonderful country has to offer.