Wineries

Cantina del Pino

Since 1997, when Renato Vacca decided to vinify on his own his grapes previously sold to producers of Barbaresco, the denomination was enriched with a new protagonist.

This, thanks not only to the passion of the producer, but also to the vineyards located in their major part in the cru Ovello: limestones with veins of sand with a high content of calcium at 300 meters above sea level, facing south–southwest.

The vines have an average age of 40 years (but some are 70).

From here two wines that we review come (the others are not ready yet): Barbaresco 2004 and the very rich Ovello 2003, near to be awarded with the “5 Grappoli” (“5 Clusters”). They will be talked about in the future years.

Carlo Giacosa

When in Barbaresco the vine was not the undisputed queen of the hills yet, Donato Giacosa, father of Carlo, decided to devote his life to viticulture and territory. He was a master in the art of grafting and his work, applied to his vineyards of property, but also to those of other producers, was fundamental to the development of local viticulture. And it is still evident today. His son Carlo, from an early age, devoted himself to viticulture and, in the sixties, the company was founded, when the production of wine from the vineyards of the property started. The activity continued to our day, with the collaboration of Carla, wife of Carlo and Maria Grazia, one of their daughters.

Bruno Rocca

A family linked to the territory, since the late 50s when Francesco, the father of Bruno Rocca, with his wife Maria Adelaide, moved from the center of Barbaresco to the Rabaj area, where he bought part of the vineyard. Thus began the growth of the company and the abandonment of sharecropping. Bruno, not yet of age, learned to recognize in grapes the true expression of the land and, after the first few decades when the product of the vineyard was sold almost entirely to the producers of Barbaresco, and vinified only in small part, from 1978 decided to make a change in his company. The enthusiasm of the wine market in full development saw as protagonist also the Rabaj Company by Bruno Rocca that, with the sale of wine in bottles, developed its name and image in the Italian and international scene. The philosophy of wine as a natural expression of the territory of Barbaresco was appreciated and the gradual growth led to the purchase of new plots and to the expansion of the winery, to the present day.

Gaja

The Gaja family settled in Piedmont in the mid–seventeenth century. Four generations have succeeded in producing wine since Giovanni Gaja, in 1859, founded the winery, in Barbaresco, in the Langhe.

Angelo, son of Giovanni, is the second generation. He married Clotilde Rey, who is traditionally credited with having given the company the actual production philosophy, oriented towards high–quality wine. The exponent of the third generation was Giovanni Gaja, the son of Clotilde and Angelo Gaja, who died in 2002. Angelo Gaja, the current owner, entered the company in 1961 and made ​​his own choices that were already of his father and his grandfather. He has worked to spread and affirm the knowledge of Barbaresco on foreign markets.

Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Grésy

The Cisa Asinari Estates of the Marquis of Grésy, owned by the family of Grésy since 1797, were founded as a winery in 1973 by the will of Alberto of Grésy.

The vineyards are located between the Langhe and Monferrato, places known to be valuable and representative for the production for wines of Piedmont.

The owned farms cultivated with vines are four: Martinenga, in the heart of the town of Barbaresco, Monte Aribaldo in the town of Treiso, in the province of Cuneo, La Serra and Monte Colombo in the municipality of Cassine, in the province of Alessandria.

Martinenga is the real center of the farm, where the grapes from other owned vineyards are conferred and vinified in respect of tradition and nature, to produce wines of the highest quality with the aim to transfer faithfully, as much as possible, the identity of the vineyard in a bottle.

Our company can produce different wines suitable for the whole meal, each of which is typical expression of the character and the personality of its territory of origin. And thanks to a careful work in the vineyard and in the wine cellar our white and red wines can be enjoyed even several years after bottling.

Edoardo Sobrino

The passion of Edoardo for wine has brought him to the production of excellent wines in a few time, that today count on many passionate people.

Ronchi

Rattalino

The company focuses mainly on the production of Nebbiolo–based wines, exploiting the qualities to have high–level results, with a great personality.

Moccagatta s.s.a.

The Minuto brothers manage this important company of Barbarsco that already at the end of the eighties astonished the world with fine wines and of high quality, which blend together tradition and modernity.

Cascina Bruciata

The company takes a connotation of exclusively wine–making character around the fifties, and with the advent of the new millennium the idea to spread ​​the personality of the territory of Barbaresco in the world has been implemented.

La Spinona Az. Agr. S.s. di Berutti Pietro & C.

Cantina Del Pino