Cantina Sociale

Piedmont
Italy
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Cantina Sociale

Piedmont
Italy
Italy
PRODUCER
ESTABLISHED
1908
FARMING PRACTICE
Sustainable
REGION
Piedmont
Italy
CITY / VILLAGE
CLIMATE
Continental
ELEVATION
SIZE

About

The cantina sociale has been a critical lifeline to small grape growers since the inception of modern winemaking throughout Italy. In particular, Cantina Sociale di Gattinara, founded in 1908, has offered families from the zone of Gattinara a steady path to continued independence and stewardship of the land. Forty families care for their own tiny plots, which total 15 hectares of vines rooted in the zone’s pure volcanic soils. Descending into the cantina’s historic cellar with its cement tanks and botti tucked beneath the centuries-old city center of Gattinara is like traveling back in time. Today, the cantina produces approximately 2,000 cases of wine annually. The resulting wines display a simple elegance and purity as well as a palpable connection to over 100 years of production.

Products

Vino Rosso

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Nebbiolo
FARMING PRACTICE
Sustainable
DETAILS

Sustainable. 60% Nebbiolo, 30% Barbera, 5% Vespolina, and 5% Uva Rara. All fruit is sourced exclusively from the parcels of cooperative members based in the communes of Gattinara, Lozzolo, Roasio, and Romagnano Sesia. Hand-harvested grapes are destemmed prior to a gentle pressing. Native fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled, stainless-steel tanks and lasts approximately three weeks. The wine is then racked into cement tanks, where it undergoes secondary fermentation. Following 9-12 months in cement, the wine is bottled and prepared for release.

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Gattinara

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Nebbiolo
FARMING PRACTICE
Sustainable
DETAILS

Sustainable. 100% Nebbiolo. Hailing from the vineyards of Borella, Castelle, Lurga, Gerbidone, Osso, Valferana, Uccineglio, Guardia, Molsino, Permolone, San Francesco, Piantesio ranging in elevation from 290-425 meters above sea level. Hand-harvested grapes are destemmed prior to a soft pressing. Native fermentation takes place in a combination of large oak casks and cement tanks without temperature control. In these vessels, maceration lasts up to 30 days. Secondary fermentation occurs naturally in the same vessels. Aged for a minimum of two years in Slavonian botti of 20 hl or larger followed by at least one additional year in cement tanks. Finally, the wine spends a minimum of six months in bottle prior to release.

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Gattinara Riserva

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Nebbiolo
FARMING PRACTICE
Sustainable
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