About
The winery is located in the municipality of La Morra (province of Cuneo) in the Italian region of Piedmont. The family has been growing wine for six generations. Today the winery is run by Manuel, Andrea Marchetti and Elisa Marchetti. Walter Bonetti is responsible as . The maturing cellar is located in the foundations of a 13th century tower, while the rooms for fermentation and bottling are located in the cellars of a 19th century monastery.
The vineyards cover an area of 20 hectares; no grapes are purchased. The vine varieties cultivated are Arneis, Barbera, Dolcetto, Moscato(Muscat Blanc) and Nebbiolo. The red wines are produced with a long maceration of up to 45 days, with constant crushing of the . The range of products includes the DOCG wines Roero Arneis, Moscato d'Asti and various Barolo named "Del Comune di La Morra", "La Serra", "Brunate" and "Chinato", as well as the DOC wines Dolcetto d'Alba "Boschi di Berri" (from very old, root-true vines) and "Fontanazza", Barbera d'Alba "Ciabot Camerano" and Langhe Nebbiolo "Lasarin". The flagship of the house is the Barolo "Brunate" from the homonymous vineyard, which matures for two years in 30 hl wooden barrels of Slavonian oak. 125,000 bottles of wine are produced annually, of which about 85% are exported. The winery is a member of Consorzio di tutela del Barolo e del Barbaresco and Consorzio dell'Albeisa.
Pictures: Well Com Alba
