Abrigo Giovanni
Country:
Italy
Piedmont
Region:
Abrigo Giovanni is a family run estate that has been making high-quality wines in Diano d’Alba for over 50 years. The estate is named after its founder Giovanni Abrigo, who moved to Diano d’Alba from Treiso in 1968, purchasing the Crava farmhouse which now houses the cellar and the family’s home. Giovanni and his wife Maria managed what then was a typical Langhe farm: raising Piedmontese cattle and small farmyard animals, cultivating cereal corps, orchards, hazelnut grove (which the estate still cultivates to this day), and of course, vineyards producing Dolcetto wine. In the mid 1980’s, their son Giorgio, having completed his degree in agronomy, became involved in the work on the farm. Paola, Giorgio’s wife, is in charge of the company’s commercial development and marketing. Their children Giulio and Sergio, sharing the passion that flows through the veins of their grandparents and parents, graduated from oenology school in Alba in 2013 and 2015, and are now taking an active part in the estate. A construction of a new aging cellar was completed in 2019. The new cellar was built with eco—sustainable materials in order to reduce waste and emission footprint.
The family believes that parceling and differentiating the vinification and aging processes based on the unique characteristics of each vineyard, helps them understand each site potential and the individual characteristics of each wine.
