2016 marks the first release of Gagliardo’s Barolo del Comune di La Morra. It is a selection of fruit from the vineyards adjacent to the cellar, the crus of Santa Maria and Serra dei Turchi. This area of La Morra has some of the youngest soils in the Barolo zone, which impart more immediate...

EXTREMELY LIMITED!   100% Rossese, vineyards in the village of Ortovero, principally in the ‘Canei’ zone. Poor, sandy alluvial soil. Vinification & elevage: Maceration on the skins for four days. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations as well as aging occur in stainless steel tanks. Released in...

100% Nebbiolo. Bera planted a single hectare of Nebbiolo in 2020. 2023 is the first vintage from this vineyard, which like all other Bera parcels is certified-organic and worked and harvested by hand. Bera makes the wine like its other reds. The bunches are destemmed and fermented spontaneously...

Schiavenza’s 0.9 hectares in the Prapò cru are located at 350m above sea level, with southeast exposure; the vines were planted in 1993.  Of all their crus, this is the one in which the soil is most representative of Serralunga: its high percentage of light-colored limestone naturally limits yields...

100% Ruche. Mainly from estate parcels scattered about the steep hills of the Monferrato zone of Asti around the Verruàs' home village of Scurzolengo (there is some purchased Ruché in the mix too). The family farms organically, tending and harvesting the vines entirely by hand. The grapes are...

100% Barbera from a clay and limestone-gypsum vineyard with 20 year old vines, densely planted at 5000 plants per hectare. Macerations lasted 3 weeks. Aged 8 months in stainless steel and 2-3 months in bottle, so it is not released until almost a year after harvest.          

The La Gerla Brunello is a blend of both the Canalicchio and Castelnuovo vineyards; the average age of the vines is 25 years old. The grapes are kept cool for 7-8 days before fermentation, which lasts up to 15 days. The wine is then transferred to large 50-100hl casks and is aged for three years,...

Ciliegiolo, meaning “cherry-like”, is usually reserved as a blending grape. Bottled on its own, it shows remarkably bright red fruits and fresh acidity.  There have been conflicting studies, but Ciliegiolo is either a parent or offspring of Sangiovese.  San Ferdinando’s version comes from 1.7...

94% Sangiovese, 3% Malvasia Nera, 3% Canaiolo. Co-harvested/co-fermented in unlined concrete with macerations lasting a month.  Aged in unlined concrete vats.  This is Candialle's Chianti Classico 'annata,'  though its release date could easily classify it as a Riserva.  

80% Prugnolo Gentile/20% Canaiolo Nero & Mammolo. Prugnolo Gentile is the variant of Sangiovese found in Montepulciano and historically co-planted with supporting varieties like Canaiolo and Mammolo. Proprietor Dora Forsoni has been farmiing her family's vines organically forever, many of them...