2006 LA VITA Wine Released!   This ninth release of LA VITA (“life” in Italian) LA VITA is produced from a unique blend of 58% Dolcetto, 24% Refosco and 18% Nebbiolo. This hand–crafted wine was aged for three  years in oak barrels and then aged for an additional one  year in the bottle prior to release.  About the Label The 2006 vintage LA VITA honors Francisco Jose de Goya (1746-1828), the Spanish painter of the Romantic era. Goya became popular with the Spanish royalty and provided paintings for King Charles IV. This Goya’s colorful and aristocratic painting is titled The Grape Harvest. Interview with John Bargetto In Vino Vita After a century in winemaking, Bargetto knows its grapes.

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What Makes Our LA VITA Wine Series So Unique?

“LA VITA wine is our finest effort in winemaking, from growing the grapes,
to producing the wine to designingthe unique package."   –John Bargetto

The Vineyard

Nestled atop a knoll in the Santa Cruz Mountains, overlooking the Monterey Bay, sits Regan Vineyards. Within the fifty-acre Regan site is a three-acre section dedicated to northern Italian red varietals: Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, and Refosco. These varieties have never before been grown in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The cool micro-climate at Regan vineyards affords a long growing season, thereby allowing for full flavored, rich wines.

A hilly site with thin, rocky soil within Regan was chosen for these Italian reds with the goal of restraining the natural vigor of the varieties. With a combination of shoot and cluster removal, 75% of the crop is thinned, thereby yielding wines with deep color and depth of flavor. All three reds produce large, majestic clusters.

The Wines

LA VITA ("the life" in Italian) is a unique blend of Dolcetto, Nebbiolo and Refosco, all Santa Cruz Mountains estate grown northern Italian red varietals. This wine is a complex wine of elegance and structure.

The wines were fermented in small wood bins, hand-punched during fermentation and pressed with a small basket press. The wines were aged separately in 60-gallon oak barrels for two and a half years. Towards the end of cellar aging, the wines were blended to create a unique wine consisting of the three Italian Varietals.

The Package

LA VITA meets the world in a brand new package that showcases wine in art. For thousands of years wine has been an integral part of life in western civilization economically, religiously and perhaps most importantly, aesthetically. Part of the wonderful legacy of wine is that down through the ages, wine has been proudly portrayed in art, from the Egyptians to the present day. With the dawn of this new millennium, LA VITA SERIES, each year will showcase one masterpiece in which wine has been portrayed.

Below is a gallery of past and present LA VITA labels.Click on any image too see artist and title information.

Each year a release party is held to unveil the new label design. Part of the proceeds from the sale of LA VITA goes to a non–profit organization in Santa Cruz County. We are pleased to be able to, in a formal way, give back some of the proceeds to the Santa Cruz community, which has been so supportive to BARGETTO WINERY and the Bargetto family through the years.”

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