The company was founded in 1975 with the purchase of the Cottà farmhouse and part of the current vineyards. It was expanded in the following years with the purchase of the vineyards in the Currà, Fausoni and San Cristoforo subareas.
It is a family business. A few years ago, son Andrea, technical winemaker, and daughter Elena, joined the company as collaborators of father Rino, owner and oenologist. Currently we cultivate 16 hectares of vineyards in the hilly area very suitable for winegrowing in the south–western part of Piedmont called Langhe, in the heart of Neive.
The production consists of 5 cru of Barbaresco: Currà, Cottà, Fausoni, Pajor and Basarin, Dolcetto Bric del Salto, Barbera Pairolero and Mat, red wine made from Brachetto grapes.
They produced a total of 85,000 bottles divided into 20,000 bottles of Dolcetto d’Alba, 12,000 of Barbera d’Alba, 20,000 of Langhe Nebbiolo, 6,500 of Brachetto dry and about 25,000 of Barbaresco.
Particular attention is paid to the vineyard, so as to have, through low yields of grapes, a high concentration that allows us to produce structured, full–bodied and very long–lived wines.
It is our belief that the viticulture practiced in a serious and proper way should respect the natural balance both of the land and of the environment. For this reason, already from beginning of the 90s, along with other companies, we have started practicing the guided pest management with pesticides and fertilizers. The traditional diseases that affect vines are fought with environmentally friendly products. Treatments are kept to a minimum and made only if necessary.
In the cellar no manipulation is carried out, bottling occurs without fining nor filtration, we do not have nor use vacuum–sealed concentrators nor devices for reverse osmosis. The only concentration that we implement is the thinning of the bunches in the vineyard.
