TOMMASO AND AGNESE, AN OENOLOGIST AND AN ARCHITECT, SHARE A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE HILLS OF DOGLIANI. THEIR WORK IS GUIDED BY RESPECT FOR THE AREA'S NATURAL STATE AND VITICULTURAL HISTORY. ORIGINALLY FROM TORINO, THEY SPENT YEARS LIVING AND WORKING ABROAD BEFORE RETURNING TO ITALY WITH A VISION OF CREATING SOMETHING DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE LAND. IN 2020, THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR WINERY IN DOGLIANI, BEGINNING WITH A SMALL VINEYARD OF DOLCETTO AND BARBERA. WHEN WE FIRST MET TOMMASO A FEW YEARS AGO, MUCH OF HIS TIME WAS SPENT WORKING WITH MORE ESTABLISHED NEARBY WINERIES, LEAVING LESS ROOM TO DEVOTE HIMSELF FULLY TO HIS OWN PROJECT. TODAY, THERE IS A CLEAR SENSE OF FOCUS AND COMMITMENT BEHIND HIS PERSONAL ENDEAVOR, AND THAT RENEWED DEDICATION IS REFLECTED IN THE WINES THEMSELVES.

THE WINERY IS LOCATED ON THE HILL OF VALDIBÀ, ONE OF DOGLIANI'S FINAL RIDGES BEFORE THE LANDSCAPE GIVES WAY TO THE ROLLING HILLS OF THE ALTA LANGA. THIS TINY HAMLET CONSISTS OF JUST THREE HOMES AND A SINGLE WINERY. WHAT BEGAN IN A MODEST 40 SQUARE METER CELLAR IS NOW EVOLVING, AS TOMMASO AND AGNESE RESTORE THE PROPERTY'S HISTORIC BARN INTO A NEW WINERY THAT WILL SUPPORT THEIR FUTURE AMBITIONS.

THEIR VINEYARDS SURROUND THE VILLAGE, WITH SOUTHWEST FACING EXPOSURES THAT BENEFIT FROM PLENTY OF AFTERNOON SUN. MOST PARCELS ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE CELLAR, WITH A HANDFUL OF SMALLER SITES JUST BEYOND. THE SOILS HERE FORM A COMPLEX MOSAIC OF CLAY, SILT, AND SAND OVER LIMESTONE.

THEY PRODUCE A FLAGSHIP DOGLIANI DOCG ALONGSIDE LANGHE NEBBIOLO DOC, BARBERA, A VINO ROSSO MADE FROM THE LOCAL NERETTA CUNEESE, A SPARKLING DOLCETTO ROSE, AND A LANGHE ROSATO DOC OF DOLCETTO.