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La Vita

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La Vita

By Bargetto Winery

Where Wine Meets Art Meets Community

Discover our limited edition estate grown Northern Italian varietal blend. Each bottle is a unique masterpiece, with proceeds supporting local Santa Cruz non-profits.

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La Vita wine is our finest effort in winemaking, from growing the grapes, to producing the wine, to designing the unique package.
John Bargetto

Current Vintage

2022
2022 LA VITA label artwork

2022 LA VITA

ART: ""Wine Country" (2016)" by Kai Carpenter

41% REFOSCO • 39% DOLCETTO • 20% NEBBIOLO

A blend of three Northern Italian varietals, the La Vita has Refosco leading the way, followed by Dolcetto, and Nebbiolo. Primary scents of cranberry, potpourri, and cherry fill the nose. As the wine opens secondary scents of clove spice, leather, and sandalwood begin to appear. On the palate the wine has a bright acidity, creamy mid-palate, and a lasting savory finish.

PROCEEDS BENEFITING Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

Tasting Notes

cranberryblack cherrysandalwoodclovesleather

$65

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Wine in a glass of La Vita

Refined By Design

La Vita embodies the intersection of precision and passion, where every detail is considered and every element contributes to the whole.

Artisanal Craft

Within the fifty-five acre site of Regan Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a three acre section shelters northern Italian red varietals: Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, and Refosco, ingredients for the LA VITA blend. LA VITA is an expression of complexity, structure, and elegance. The three varietals are fermented in small bins and hand-punched during fermentation, then gently pressed. The wines are aged separately in fine oak barrels for one and a half years, blended and then aged for another year in a French oak upright tank. The blend changes each year according to what nature yields, manifesting a unique creation for every vintage.

Celebrating Wine in Art

Each year, LA VITA meets the world with a brand new label 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. Since the dawn of this new millennium, the LA VITA SERIES showcases masterpieces in which wine has been portrayed.

Helping Our Community

Bargetto Winery has been part of the Santa Cruz community for three generations. An important part of the LA VITA program is that it allows the winery to make our most significant contribution to local non-profit organizations in the most meaningful way. Each year, a non-profit is chosen to receive a grant from some of the proceeds of the sale of LA VITA and be featured on our bottles. In this way, Bargetto has the opportunity to give back to the Santa Cruz community that has been so supportive to us through the years.

Bottling LA VITA 2022

The CraftBehind LA VITA

Each bottle of La Vita is the result of years of dedication — from varietal selection to the hand-branded wooden box that houses it.

Growing the Grapes

The journey begins in a three-acre section of Regan Vineyards, nestled atop a knoll in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, and Refosco are cultivated by hand, each vine tended through the seasons with patience and precision. Regan Vineyards pioneered the cultivation of these varietals in the Santa Cruz Mountains as a tribute to our family’s Italian heritage. The growing process involves heavy thinning of the crop to ensure optimum quality.

The Winemaking Process

At harvest, the grapes are carefully hand-picked and brought to the winery. After each varietal has been aged for a year and a half individually, the production team tastes each wine and through an iterative process, decides on the blend that best showcases that year’s natural qualities.

For a Cause

For each vintage of La Vita, an original artwork is chosen for the label. Each work features wine in some way, irrespective of medium, to capture wine in music, sculpture, and classic art as well as modern art. Pieces are chosen whose vision resonates with the spirit of the wine — the label is not decoration, it is fine art in its own right, meant to be kept long after the bottle is empty. A meaningful portion of every bottle sold is directed to a meaningful local non-profit. The beneficiary changes with each vintage, chosen for its resonance with the values of craft, community, and care. La Vita reflects our belief that wine, like life, like art, is enriched when shared.

Handcrafting the Packaging

La Vita’s philosophy of craft is also expressed in the final details of the packaging. Each bottle produced is hand-waxed and the labels are individually finished. Then the bottles are placed into hand-crafted wooden cases that we have branded with the vintage, the final step in our most intentional winemaking endeavor.

The vintage is branded into each wooden case box of LA VITA

Become a Beneficiary

Each year, part of the proceeds from La Vita wine sales are donated to a non-profit organization in Santa Cruz County. We are pleased to be able to, in a formal way, give back to the Santa Cruz community, which has been so supportive of Bargetto Winery and the Bargetto family through the generations. At our release party, we unveil not only the new label artwork but also announce our latest non-profit partner, celebrating the intersection of fine wine, art, and community support.

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Want to be considered as a potential beneficiary for our La Vita program? Are you a Santa Cruz County 501(c)(3) non-profit organization? We welcome applications from local charities that serve our community and align with our values of art, culture, and community enrichment.

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three vintages of LA VITA: 2022, 2021, 2020