Winery
The essence of territory
The love and the care for vineyards is handed down in our family from many generations.
Beyond the stories told through many generations, we have found many ancient documents which tell that there’s a long tradition, and so experience, in making high quality wines.
The farm was led by Edoardo and Orsolina until 1999, when their son, Franco, started together with his family a new journey designed to combine tradition and innovation.
Currently the farm spreads over 35 hectares (86 acres) of land cultivated manly with vineyards and partly with hazelnut trees, orchards and horticultures.
The cultivated sides are truly important for the production of great grapes. The vineyards are historically according to two types of contour ploughing: crosswise (“girapoggio”) and roundabout (“cavalcapoggio”). The vineyards are located in Albugnano hills and the sides face south, south-east and south-west.
The grapes are cultivated with eco- friendly methods in order to respect the environment and to prevent the surface erosion of the hills.
Albugnano doc Superiore 549 Va’Anait
The aging process in durmast barrels for 18 months exalts an important wine, capable of combining history, flavours, words and tastes.
After a careful and meticulous selection of the best grapes of Nebbiolo, Albugnano d.o.c. Superiore
“va’ ‘nait” was born. The aging process in durmast barrels for 18 months exalts an important wine,
capable of combining history, flavours, words and tastes.
We suggest pairing with main courses, such as stew, roast or hard cheese.
Vitigno / Grapes
Nebbiolo
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
18 ° C
Albugnano doc Superiore
It’s a noble and elegant wine, which has character and longevity thanks to a careful aging in
durmast barrels.
Albugnano is our story: we found documents attesting its cultivation and vinification in our farm since 1803. It is a grape that reflects the peculiarity of our hills and that gives us a great and elegant wine with character and longevity thanks to its ageing in durmast barrels.
It’s strong, it has a territorial structure and it evolves over time
Vitigno / Grapes
Nebbiolo
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
18 ° C
Albarossa DOC
The result of a gamble between the tradition, the knowledge and the uniqueness of the territory.
Piemonte Albarossa is a vine variety created from the cross between nebbiolo and barbera in the ‘40s by professor Dalmasso, in order to gain a local grape with the best qualities of the two.
Albarossa is a great cultivar that is very productive and is able to give great results with the wine making process, but it’s really important to keep in mind requirements: dry, hilly and sunny terrains, calcareous soils rich in microelements. Despite these needs, it is possible to obtain a great and modern wine with a fresh taste and a soft tannic frame, typical of Piedmontese wines. It’s a very elegant and important wine and it still impresses after many years of production.
Vitigno / Grapes
Albarossa
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
18 ° C
Barbera d’asti doc
Winey smell, it tends to airy fruity notes. On the palate is dry, soft and fitted for longevity..
Barbera is the most typical red wine from Astigiano. This wine, although it’s linked with peasant traditions, has been able to innovate in order to meet different needs and tastes. Known for its vine strength and productivity, it’s easily recognisable thanks to its bunch density and its leaves, which turn red in autumn, brightening the surrounding hills. Soft, enveloping taste, endowed with a perfectly balanced acidity and an emphatic but not overwhelming tannin, persistent finish.
Tend to longevity.
Vitigno / Grapes
100% barbera
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
16 ° C
Albugnano doc
At the smell it’s delicate and winy. Thanks to the aging there are fruity notes of jam. On the palate is rich and balanced and it might change between dry and medium sweet..
“Nebbiolo” is described as “vitigno delle nebbie” (literally grape of the fog) because its harvest is the last one and it usually takes place in October, when there is already the fog and the grape is covered by a sort of coat, the bloom, which could be a reminder of the fog. Its grapes offer very framed wines that fit ageing, but that are really different in their characteristics depending on the region of provenance. It has always been the symbol of our farm as a deep expression of the territory.
On the palate is rich, soft with a very refined tannin. Tend to longevity.
We suggest pairing with first courses of the Piedmontese cuisine, main courses with red meat and
game and middle-aged cheese.
Vitigno / Grapes
Nebbiolo
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
16 ° C
Piemonte doc Bonarda
It’s a lively red wine, structured and balanced, with an intense ruby red colour.
Piemonte Bonarda DOC, generally called Bonarda, is a grape already existing in our region in the late 18 th century, when it started to be appreciated thanks to its mineral sapidity, due to the soil, and its soft yet lively taste. For these features, Bonarda does not tend to longevity.
Bonarda wine made in Monferrato, is different from the one produced around Pavia and Piacenza (Bonarda dell’Oltrepo’): the first one is made with Bonarda grapes while the second one is made with Croatina grapes. It’s a lively wine with soft tannin, not fitted for longevity.
Vitigno / Grapes
100% Bonarda
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
16 ° C
Albugnano DOC Rosato
The result of a gamble between the tradition, the knowledge and the uniqueness of the territory.
Since we love challenges and innovation, we chose a vine variety that is very traditional in Piemonte, such as Nebbiolo, and we decided to have an unusual vinification.
It’s cherry red, robust, perfectly balanced and fresh..
Vitigno / Grapes
Nebbiolo
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
16 ° C
Piemonte doc chardonnay
The most unaspected characteristic of this wine is the structure which is unusual for a white wine.
Chardonnay is a white wine produced from a great international grape, that is easily adaptable to our territory, giving unique sensations and characteristics. Its taste changes between tastiness and lively freshness.
Vitigno / Grapes
Chardonnay
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
18 ° C
Piemonte doc chardonnay An Costi
Thanks to the long aging process, this wine can develop complex scents, reserving a great balance which is its main characteristic.
“An Costi” is our idea of Chardonnay. From the best vineyards we produce this wine, born from research and many experiments. It’s a grape characterized by an incredible variety of aromatic scents. The wine has great aromas which are enhanced by the fermentation and the ageing. Thanks to the long aging process, this wine can develop complex scents, preserving a great balance which is its main characteristic.
Vitigno / Grapes
Chardonnay
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
18 ° C
Piemonte doc grignolino
It’s a piedmontese wine which is coming from a very long tradition. The first information about Grignolino comes from the late XVIII century when it was probably use to produce claret wines (“vini chiaretti”).
Grignolino is one of the ancient local vine varieties in Piemonte.
Actually, it is a very complicated grape, due to its unstable productivity and its difficulty adapting to different microclimates. Although this, Grignolino wine is appreciated for its acidity and the fine tannic frame, which let it be very versatile in terms of food pairings.
Vitigno / Grapes
Grignolino
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
18 ° C
Freisa d’asti doc
It was awarded in 2005 in the contest DOUJA D’OR.
Genetic analysis confirmed the nobility of Freisa, pointing out its belonging to the same family as Nebbiolo. Specifically, it has been assumed a spontaneous crossing between Nebbiolo and another grape, which has disappeared or it’s still unknown. This important “relative” gives prestige to a vine variety that now is almost forgotten and underestimated for its rusticity, while once it was one of the most planted in Piemonte, even in rugged territory where ripeness was difficult, thanks to its disease resistance and productivity. It is a grape with excellent potentiality, from which it’s made a multifaceted wine: still, strong and enduring or a young one with a delicate yet lively note, not suited for a long aging.
Vitigno / Grapes
Freisa
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
16 ° C
Khimeya
It’s a wine aromatized with cinchona.
It’s produced from red wine (Nebbiolo grapes) aged for 18 month in barriques where it’s added sugar, ethyl alcohol and many spices such as gentian, rhubarb, cardamom seeds and cinchona.
It’s left in steel barrels before the bottling process. It’s perfect as a digestive or paired with desserts..
Vitigno / Grapes
Nebbiolo
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
16 ° C
Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco doc
Lovely, sweet and aromatic. It’s appreciated by those who love dry wines and by nondrinkers, too.
The vinification of Malvasia di Schierano, which is a red grape type of Malvasia, is a wonderful combination of aromatic fragrances and a sweet taste: here Malvasia di Castelnuovo don Bosco comes. Soft, enveloping taste. The grape characteristic fragrance is intact and enhanced thanks to the careful and accurate vinification.
Vitigno / Grapes
100 % uve malvasia di Schierano
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
8 ° C
Grappa di Malvasia
It’s soft and delicate on the palate, balanced with fruity and floral notes.
It’s soft and delicate on the palate, balanced with fruity and floral notes. It’s made from the pomace of Castelnuovo Don Bosco red Malvasia following traditional methods.
Vitigno / Grapes
malvasia
Temperatura di servizio / Service temperature
18 ° C