ORESTE STEFANO
Small but nice certainly applies to this fantastic family business from the Langhe. Near Monforte in the hamlet of Perno, a cantina which produces the most delicious wines. They produce just 12,000 bottles annually and every bottle is a hit.
After the death of her father Stefano, daughter Chiara and her husband Clemente built a small but high-quality arsenal of traditional Piedmontese wines. Barolo, Nebbiolo, Barbera and Arneis. Viticulture as it has been practiced in Piedmont for centuries, unknown small family businesses with jewels of wine.
Naturally, they work in the traditional way. This means that the storage wines are matured in large wooden barrels (blunt) after a long spontaneous fermentation. In addition to benefiting the wines, this was previously done purely to harvest other crops during the period when the Nebbiolo was fermenting. History repeats itself in this case because after the grapes have been removed from the land, the two passionate winemakers leave for the south of Italy to harvest the olives from the Clemente olive grove, which has its roots in the south of Italy. lie.
Pure, real and delicious!