Vinification:The fully mature grapes are hand-picked at the ideal moment of ripeness during the harvest season. After they are sorted, destemmed and crushed in wine cellar. The must is fermented spontaneously on the skins for 3-4 weeks. The cap is punched down manually three times each day (pigeage...

Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 30-year-old Muscadet vines planted on a gentle slope of sandy/silty soils overlaid on a clay subsoil base. Matured on the lees for six months. Abundant minerals, florals and citrus in the nose with a surprisingly fleshy mouthfeel and a long, fresh finish....

Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 40-year-old Muscadet vines planted in shallow soils of disintegrated mica/schist. Matured on the lees for twelve months in order to obtain a well-structured and complex wine. This Muscadet is amazingly aromatic, keenly balanced and very dry, featuring aromas of...

Nero d’Avola, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in late September at 42 hl/ha.  Destemmed and crushed, with macerations lasting 10 days.  Soft-pressed, fermented in stainless steel.  Aged mostly in stainless, with 15% of the total aging in 500L tonneaux for 6 months.   unfined/unfiltered. 3,300...

100% Grillo from the east-facing Contrada Modica vineyard, planted in 2011, trained in guyot.  360m above sea level, sedimentary soil with sandy topsoil.  Harvested at the end of August at yields of 40hl/ha.  The grapes were destemmed and crushed, with free-run juice fermenting and aging in...

Catarratto Lucido, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in September at 33 hl/ha.  Destemmed, pressed, fermented and aged in stainless steel.  Released in March 2022, unfined/unfiltered.  6,600 bottles made. 11.7% abv.

The cru of Gramolere, located in Monforte d’Alba, is Fratelli Alessandria’s lone plot outside of Verduno. They own 2ha here. The wine is made exactly as the other two single-cru wines.  As it’s on the older Arenarie di Diano D’Alba soils, high in sand, and the altitude is higher, this wine tends to...

Monvigliero is arguably the most important cru of Verduno and Fratelli Alessandria has some of the biggest holdings there, 1.4ha.  Exposures are South to Southwest, 250-310m.   High average vine age of 45 years. Made similarly to the Barolo San Lorenzo.  Monvigliero exalts the beguiling florality...

Monte della Guardia is Marco’s cru, 0.5ha, super steep terraces descending from 300 to 175m.  80% Friulano, 20% Picolit on ponca (typical soil of friable, alkaline clay marls).  Harvested end of Sept. Direct-pressed, fermented in stainlees, aged in one 1000L cask (which happened to be new this year...

Schioppettino, From 0.5ha average age of vines: 20 to 60 years old. Maceration for 20/25 days in steel or cement, indigenous yeasts in large barrels or second passage barriques, spontaneous malolactic fermentation.

Pinot Gris 25%, Sauvignon Blanc 25%, Vermentino 25%, Verdelho 25%. All fruit sourced from organic vineyards in Lodi and San Benito (Verdelho). Each variety is fermented separately with natural yeasts in a mix of stainless steel and neutral barrels before blending. Matured for 5 months in neutral...