Boccaccio Farmhouse

REGION : Piedmont

ADDRESS: Tagliolo Monferrato - Alba

HECTARES UNDER VINEYARD: 5.5

The Cascina Boccaccio farm is located in Tagliolo Monferrato , a small town on the hills of Alto Monferrato on the border with the Ligurian hinterland.

Liguria influences the climate and the gastronomic tradition of the area and the sea wind helps to keep the grapes healthy and ripen, while the marly soil gives elegance, refinement and structure to the wines. Cascina Boccaccio is a young company but rich in history. Great-grandfather Celso, born in 1875 , founded the company that is now managed by the winemaker Roberto Porciello and Ileana Boccaccio, great-granddaughter of Celso to whom the first label is dedicated.

The variety of grape mainly cultivated is Dolcetto , its valorization requires the greatest efforts of the agricultural company; from the vineyards with the best exposures comes the “wine

Agricultural work is carried out by hand according to the rules of organic farming . No chemicals are used. winemaking additives and oenological adjuvants in the cellar because it is important to have a production that respects the territory. Passion and care in the vineyard allow to obtain good and ripe grapes, a fundamental requirement to obtain wines that can naturally be preserved and aged, improving, in the bottle.