The best wineries in Piemonte.
Cavallirio is one fo the municipalities in the Novara area included in the Doc of the Boca wine, a designation forgotten for a long time, but that in those last years has regained vigour. Among the producers who believe and are investing in the ancient Boca wine, Sergio Barbaglia stands out, flanked with enthusiasm by his children. They are recovering some hilly areas situated in the natural park of Monte Fenera, to plant new vineyards of Nebbiolo and Erbaluce. There are some bureaucratic problems to solve, related to the zone where the abandonment of the vineyards, now almost centuries old, has left space to woods and wild boars. But the willingness is stronger than bureaucracy and we hope not to have to wait for a long time to taste these wines, produced in a decisively special territory.
The territory of Ghemme, in the municipality of Novara, has been bound to the production of wine since the Roman period. This ancient bond is enhanced by the company of the Arlunno family, using for wines both the Latin names of vineyards and important historical references. Il Mimo, the name used for the rosé based on Nebbiolo, refers to the exceptional archaeological discovery of the Treasury of Ghemme. Silver trophies of all shapes dating back to Roman times, among which masks used for theater performances, when the theater was sacred to Bacchus. It is a way to tie the wine culture to traditions, without which our wine would lose its noblest sense.
Marchesi di Barolo was and is still a Winery which has always been awarded for the excellence of its wines an often mentioned by the national press and media. The production is widespread in the main countries with free market and western life style. The distribution, like every other aspect of the supply chain, is well cared for: customers are selected on the basis of demanding quality requirements. The domestic market accounts for approximately 40% of production and is covered by a network of agents that are very well coordinated and introduced in the traditional food service industry. Export mainly consists of a network of national importers, coordinated by a manager, and structured with its own sales network.
The company is certainly one of the architects of the important tourist flow that has been developed over the last few years. To accommodate the more than 40,000 wine tourists that annually visit Barolo, the Company has created, in the complex of buildings overlying the Historic Wineries, a large and functional reception area: a wine bar with the possibility of wine tasting, also accompanied by the tasting of food specialties, of which the Langhe area is particularly rich and famous for, an inner store where wine lovers can find all that surrounds and enriches the world of wine, accessories, literature, images of the wine–growing region and many useful ideas even for those who, of this passion, have done their job.
This year the Ottiglio Monferrato company presents a more complete range, with two Monferrato, a red and a white wines of good structure and balance, where international vine varieties, Pinot Nero and Viognier, not so usual on these hills, are blended. The Angelino brothers have been running the winery since 1995, while in 1790 the company was founded, which now produces also hazelnuts, walnuts, olives and essences. The structure is on four levels, the latest carved in tuff stone. Limestone soils, plants with an average life span of 20 years, exposure to south and sout–west, dense plants and yields below 70 quintals a hectare. Wines are not filtered.
On top of Bric Valdiano, historc vineyard of Almodo Company, an ancient casot stands, a building conceived to store the tools used in the vineyard. Observing the walls, you notice that, mixed up with lime, there are many fossils. They testify the ancient presence of the sea, that has left in these vineyards a unique and peculiar sign, giving wines strong mineral sensations. Roero is a land deeply bound to the cultivation of vines, and Domenico Almondo is one of its main interpreters, managing to transform a high quality raw material into distinguished for elegance and determination wines. This year, worth to mention is Reserve Giovanni Almondo of 2006. Excellent are the other wines, characterized by a good value for money.
Gianfranco Alessandria accelerates and speeds up his pace. Even this year he presents a Barolo San Giovanni of excellence and repeats himself with the “5 Grappoli” award of last year. A wine of great texture that sums up in this harvest all the characters of Barolo di Monforte: scents, integrity and energy. But we have not finished yet: of almost the same level is “basic” Barolo, maybe not as good as the previous. The company is still increasing, the full maturity for Gianfranco Alessandria is near, and we are happy of this.
Refined style, precision, elegance. The wines of the Alessandria Winery are distinguished by these features, present in whatever designation. The historic winery is of Verduno, but in the years it has broadened its borders producing also wines outside the municipality. An example, is the case of Barolo Le Gramolere di Monforte, a wine of outstanding personality that this year is at the top of our business choices. The rest is quality, from Barolo di Verduno (San Lorenzo first of all) to Verduno Pelaverga, to which Vittore Alessandria devote much energy. Winery in development. To visit.
The Principiano family, since the beginning of the twentieth century, has been devoted to viticulture and committed in the work on the seven hectares of owned vineyards for generation. The winery was opened in the 50s by Americo Principiano, while in 1993 his son Ferdinando dealt, thanks to the always precious experience of his father in the work in the vineyard, with the vinification, of which in 2004 he redefined philosophy and ideas. A vinification thought to reflect more closely the nature and the characteristics of the territory and in honor of which he has abandoned chemical fertilizers, herbicides, desiccants and anti–mold products, has preferred the use of indigenous yeasts, has proceeded to thinning to obtain yields of grapes from eight hectograms to a maximum of one kilo and a half a plant, has chosen fermentation free from the control of the temperature in the basement to accommodate a more sustainable and in harmony with the environment processing, and has opted for manual pumping.
These are the ingredients of the new wave of Ferdinando Principiano: actions thought and essential for wines that are even more linked to the genetic heritage of Langhe.
Four vineyards belong historically to the winery. First of all, Boscaretto in Serralunga D’Alba, which covers five hectares cultivated entirely with Nebbiolo for Barolo. As well as Le Coste, in Monforte d’Alba, a small vineyard that does not exceed half a hectare but from which a strong and of high quality Nebbiolo is obtained. Barbera d’Alba, instead, is son of the historic Cru of Pian Romualdo, always in Monforte d’Alba, as well as the hectare and a half of the Sant’Anna vineyard from which the Dolcetto d’Alba of the same name is obtained. For the high level production, the ripeness of grapes is essential: the Cru of the Principiano family can boast ages that range from 40 to 60.
The company was built in 1976 by the brothers Franco and Carlo Pontiglione, and by Giuseppe Priola. Lovers of their land, they did not hesitate to relaunch and enhance the typical product of Langa, also thanks to the kindness of mother nature.
In the Langhe region, where the landscape is of unparalleled beauty, the historic Cru “Ginestra” is located: our company, the house of our fathers. Here we cultivate our vineyards, divided into the varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto. The territory, the favorable microclimate, the favorable exposure of the vineyards and a well–established tradition enable us to maintain over time a production of absolute quality. Our most important propery is not our land, nor our vineyards, nor our cellar, but the concept of perfect Barolo within our minds, handed down to us by those before us. It consists in the pursuit of perfection, creating things starting from their true essence, mobilizing all our inspiration in our every day work implementing what the Conterno family have been chasing for four generations, while remaining always faithful to the true tradition.
Our company currently owns 14 hectares of land grown with vines for production and uses only grapes of property from traditionally cultivated vines, with excellent results, in the Langa of Alba.
To rediscover the footprint of the vineyards of origin, and consequently to mark the originality of our wines is the goal of mine, of my wife Marina and our son Gianluca, with the attentive collaboration of the oeno–technician Piero Ballario, our consultant.
Being renowed firstly as farmers and then as producers, we think is the best way to pay homage and continue the work of those who, before us, dealt with all the difficulties that can be found working with nature and with a natural product like wine. Consequently, for a qualm of coherence, our family wants to highlight, without any arrogance, those beliefs and ways of being of all the peasant families of Langa, characteristic features that must be preserved and that for sure make a difference.
Since the eighties we realized that an extraordinary elevation of the quality can be achieved through a reduced yield per vine (very low for the top wines and moderate for the classic wines), obtainable through a severe
thinning of the bunches: we were among the first in Piedmont to adopt strictly that method. Finally, making the harvest following indices of phenolic ripeness has allowed us to produce wines with higher concentration and with more well–proportioned flavors. The vineyard, extended in a large terroir, together with a detailed and passionate management of it, are the true secrets to produce great quality.
We have always placed as primary objectives to grow vineyards only in prestigious hills and to devote our major efforts to the attentive cultivation of the same, trying to make operational improvements.
Our philosophy is to produce wines whose characteristics faithfully represent the variety of backgrounds and their terroir, but in which the scents of wood stand never out, to produce wines that are rich, very elegant and never sickening.
All of our high–quality red wines (Barolo, Barbaresco and its crus, Barbera d’Asti and La Court) are bottled without being subjected to filtration in advance, in order to maintain the integrity of both their original heritage of bouquets, and their wealth.
All our red wines of long life are subjected to an appropriate and long aging in bottle (to protect them from light and at a constant temperature), in order to make them develop slowly heady scents and make their flavors to harmonize nicely.
Luciano Sandrone Company is dedicated to the production of Nebbiolo in the areas of Barolo and Roero with the highest levels of quality. Each bottle of wine by Sandrone, made with the same careful attention to traditional craftsmanship, is supported by modern techniques and work by hand.
The three Nebbiolo bottlings are unique and reflect the perfect combination of terroir, vineyards and the Sandrone winery. They are three distinct expressions of a single vision and the purpose, and each is the result of an interaction between nature and a careful vinification. None of these wines is inferior to its brothers in any way. Valmaggiore has an amazing bouquet, elegance and sophistication in a relatively light structure, so characteristic of Roero. Barolo Cannubi Boschis is the perfect expression of a good exposure, and pureness, concentrated fruit and tannins. Barolo Le Vigne pays homage to the historically significant style of the wine blend, through its complex and layered structure that unfolds with patience and concentration.
The aim of Sandrone is to produce wines that reflect the history of the culture and the winemaking traditions of Barolo and Roero, while incorporating the best and most appropriate modern technology to make balanced wines, ageworthy in their single variety feature, elegance and harmony.
In this beautiful and characteristic house, located just outside the village of Barolo, along the road that leads to Monforte, the tradition and the modern history of Barolo are at home. This, thanks to both the work of the current owner, Giuseppe Rinaldi, for everyone, more simply, Citrico (Critic), a veterinary devoted to viticulture and oenology, an extraordinary storyteller and considered by everyone one of the most original, smart and especially free minds of the Langa of Barolo, and, above all, thanks to the figure and the work of the person that preceded Beppe in the management of the company: his father, Battista Rinaldi.
It was him, whose moral rectitude and the severity have become legendary, to make this company one of the brands of reference of the classic Barolo, taking over the company in 1947, at age 29, following the death of his father arrived in Barolo from Diano d’Alba and buyer, along with Barale, of the I Palas farm by a farmer of the Falletti family.
He graduated with honors at the School of Enology in Alba, Battista Rinaldi, who was also appreciated the Mayor of Barolo from 1970 to 1975 who, during his administration period, made the Castle of Barolo become municipal property, and firstly the seat of the municipal winehouse, then of “Enoteca Regionale del Barolo”, of which he became the first president. He had the good fortune, and the burden, because dealing with large vineyards is never easy and requires a true spirit of service to the Land, to inherit a few hectares in terroir of particular value like Brunate, Le Coste, Ravera and Cannubi San Lorenzo. The grapes are vinified in different ways: Brunate in single variety, to be used in a special reserve kept for ten years in the cellar in bottles before being poured into bottles by seven tenths, the other three to compose, according to the most authentic historical traditions of Barolo, a calibrated blending.
Joined the company to support, with a well–known critical attitude about many things, his father, Beppe Rinaldi leads the winery today (waiting that his eldest daughter Marta, born in 1985, takes over the company, once finished the wine school Alba and discusses, herself too, with Beppe), with the same traditional and classic footprint, free from any modernism, changing things only the two preparations of Barolo. Since 1993, no more a Barolo based on vitages and a Brunate reserve, but two pairs of blendings of different grapes always by the 4 hectares of vineyards of historic properties: on the one hand, Brunate and Le Coste (10,000 bottles) and on the other hand, in the second but not less important wine, Cannubi San Lorenzo and Ravera (from vineyards in Novello), produced in 3,500 bottles.
Identical and classic vinification with long maceration on the skins, and fining, which of course was never touched by the temptation to be make it in small vats, but in large Slavonian oak casks dear to the history and the identity of Barolo. Wine is not meant to be consumed young, but has all the features, in terms of tannic structure, acidity and freshness, as well as aromatic elegance, to defy time.
The range of wines complemented by a Langhe Nebbiolo wine (100% Nebbiolo of course), from the Langhe Freisa, Dolcetto d&rsuqo;Alba, Barbera d’Alba, and a table wine called Rosae (produced with a grape variety, perhaps originating in Burgundy, land that Beppe Rinaldi knows and loves, called Rouch).
Comm. G.B. Burlotto winehouse is still a family–run firm, where all stages of production, from the vineyard, to the winery, to the commercialization (a total production of around 60,000 bottles), are minded by the current owner, Marina Burlotto, great–granddaughter of the Commendatore, flanked by her husband Giuseppe Alessandria (responsible for the winemaking sector) and their son Fabio, who graduated in viticulture and oenology, to whom we owe the introduction of some modern technical solutions, in harmony and combination with the experience of the best tradition.
Aware and proud of a tradition that is so important and deeply rooted in the history of Barolo and of the Langhe wines, even operating in our time, with the knowledge and methodologies permitted by the evolution of agronomic and oenological techniques, we seek to comply as best as we can and to revive the spirit of guidance and the insights that inspired the work of the Commendatore. We offer wines of today which reflect and enhance the peculiarities of the terroir of Verduno, which has always produced wines of great balance and elegance, extremely pleasant to drink young, but capable, especially in the case of Barolo, and the cru Monvigliero in particular, to evolve harmoniously and to give refined nuances.
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Via Dante, 54 28010
Cavallirio (Novara)
Cavallirio is one fo the municipalities in the Novara area included in the Doc of the Boca wine, a designation forgotten for a long time, but that in those last years has regained vigour. Among...
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Via M. Buonarroti, 5 28074
Ghemme (Novara)
The territory of Ghemme, in the municipality of Novara, has been bound to the production of wine since the Roman period. This ancient bond is enhanced by the company of the Arlunno family, using...
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Via Alba, 12 12060
Barolo (Cuneo)
Marchesi di Barolo was and is still a Winery which has always been awarded for the excellence of its wines an often mentioned by the national press and media. The production is widespread in the...
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Via Marconi, 14 15038
Ottiglio (Alessandria)
This year the Ottiglio Monferrato company presents a more complete range, with two Monferrato, a red and a white wines of good structure and balance, where international vine varieties, Pinot Nero...
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Via S. Rocco, 26 12046
Montà (Cuneo)
On top of Bric Valdiano, historc vineyard of Almodo Company, an ancient casot stands, a building conceived to store the tools used in the vineyard. Observing the walls, you notice that, mixed up...
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Loc. Manzoni, 13 12065
Monforte d'Alba (Cuneo)
Gianfranco Alessandria accelerates and speeds up his pace. Even this year he presents a Barolo San Giovanni of excellence and repeats himself with the “5 Grappoli” award of last year. A wine...
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Via B. Valfrè, 59 12060
Verduno (Cuneo)
Refined style, precision, elegance. The wines of the Alessandria Winery are distinguished by these features, present in whatever designation. The historic winery is of Verduno, but in the years it...
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Via Alba, 19 12065
Monforte d'Alba (Cuneo)
The Principiano family, since the beginning of the twentieth century, has been devoted to viticulture and committed in the work on the seven hectares of owned vineyards for generation. The winery...
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Fraz. Castagni, 56 12060
Verduno (Cuneo)
The company was built in 1976 by the brothers Franco and Carlo Pontiglione, and by Giuseppe Priola. Lovers of their land, they did not hesitate to relaunch and enhance the typical product of...
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Via Ginestra, 34 12065
Monforte d'Alba (Cuneo)
In the Langhe region, where the landscape is of unparalleled beauty, the historic Cru “Ginestra” is located: our company, the house of our fathers. Here we cultivate our vineyards, divided...
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Localita’ Ginestra, 40 12065
Monforte d'Alba (Cuneo)
Our company currently owns 14 hectares of land grown with vines for production and uses only grapes of property from traditionally cultivated vines, with excellent results, in the Langa of Alba.To...
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Strada Nizza - Canelli 14042
Calamandrana (Asti)
Since the eighties we realized that an extraordinary elevation of the quality can be achieved through a reduced yield per vine (very low for the top wines and moderate for the classic wines),...
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Via Pugnane, 4 12060
Barolo (Cuneo)
Luciano Sandrone Company is dedicated to the production of Nebbiolo in the areas of Barolo and Roero with the highest levels of quality. Each bottle of wine by Sandrone, made with the same...
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Via Monforte, 3 12060
Barolo (Cuneo)
In this beautiful and characteristic house, located just outside the village of Barolo, along the road that leads to Monforte, the tradition and the modern history of Barolo are at home. This,...
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Via Vittorio Emanuele, 28 12060
Verduno (Cuneo)
Comm. G.B. Burlotto winehouse is still a family–run firm, where all stages of production, from the vineyard, to the winery, to the commercialization (a total production of around 60,000...
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