BORGOGNO RIVATA HOLDS 6 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS SPREAD BETWEEN THE HEART OF THE LANGHE, IN THE VILLAGE OF LA MORRA, AND THE EDGE OF ROERO, IN GUARENE, TUCKED BETWEEN ALBA AND BARBARESCO, WHERE THE SANDY SOILS OF ROERO BEGIN TO GIVE WAY TO THE MARLY FORMATIONS OF THE LANGHE.

SAMUELE, ALBERTO, AND MASSIMO OF THE BORGOGNO AND THE RIVATA FAMILY CONNECT THE WINERY TO A LONG AGRICULTURAL TRADITION. ON THE GROUND OF A HISTORIC FAMILY PROPERTY IN LA MORRA, A FORMER STORAGE FACILITY FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED IN A SMALL WINERY WHERE GIOVANNI MINGOLLA, WHO JOINED BORGOGNO RIVATA IN 2018 AND CONSULTS OTHER WINERIES IN THE REGION, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINEMAKING OF BORGOGNO RIVATA.

GIOVANNI IS A TREASURE AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING WINEMAKERS IN THE REGION, WHOSE TALENT IS THE PRODUCT OF EXTENSIVE AND NEVER ENDING EXPERIMENTATION, ACCOMPANIED BY AN IMMENSE AND EVER-EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST AND PRESENT OF WINEMAKING IN HIS REGION AND BEYOND.

HAVING FLIRTED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE IDEA OF ABANDONING THE DENOMINATION, ITS SOMETIMES ANACHRONISTIC DEMANDS AND BUREAUCRATIC FUSS, GIOVANNI ALWAYS RETURNS TO IT WITH MORE CONVICTION, DESIROUS OF CONTRIBUTING TO ITS GROWTH AND EVOLUTION FROM WITHIN. THOUGH HIS APPROACH IS LOW-INTERVENTION, GIOVANNI WANTS TO MAKE WINES THAT ARE RECOGNIZABLY HIS. IT IS FOR THIS REASON, TOO, THAT HE PREFERS, IN SPITE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, TO MAKE A BAROLO THAT IS NOT TIED TO ANY SPECIFIC CRU. GIOVANNI DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE A BOIOLO, BUT A BAROLO THAT IS BORGOGNO RIVATA’S. BEGINNING IN 2020, GIOVANNI ALSO BEGAN TO PRODUCE A SPECIAL BOTTLING, ‘LE TRE MADAME’, FROM THE WINERY’S THREE OLDEST AND LARGEST BOTTI.

THE VINES ARE TENDED WITH NO CHEMICALS BY SAMUELE. BORGOGNO RIVATA HAVE ALWAYS GROWN ALL OF THEIR OWN FRUIT, BUT TWO YEARS AGO GIOVANNI STARTED A QUASI-NEGOCIANT PROJECT CALLED ‘LOTTI SPARSI’. ‘ONCE AND FOREVER’ IS THE PROJECT’S MOTTO AS EVERY YEAR GRAPES FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE ARE VINIFIED BY GIOVANNI. CUVÉE 000 WAS A 100 YEAR OLD PIE’ FRANCO VINEYARD OF DOLCETTO, WHILE 001 IS A BLEND OF THREE VINTAGES OF BAROLO.