Cantina Togliana
The cellar in Carema
Cantina Togliana vineyard
Topia training in the wintertime
The vineyards of Carema
Cantina Togliana
Collection: Cantina Togliana
Carema, Piemonte
Carema is unique amongst the great northern Nebbiolo villages, the vineyards were literally dragged up the mountain. Morainic* soils transported from the valley floor have been restrained by steep, high, dry stone terraces on which pergolas, known locally as topia, are built from granite and wood. The Romans first terraced these hills to encourage the population of this strategic valley to dissuade a Gaulish malice.
For the Milanesio family, wine was natures’ reward for working these torturous terraces.
The idea of Carema being a commercial proposition remains tenuous and until recently Achille and his father were only bottling their ‘Runc’ for family and friends. The cantina is the cellar of a farmhouse built in 1530, a single vaulted room lined with small steel fermentation vats and a few barrels.
The man and the cellar may be modest, the vineyards however are heroic, and hiswines are extraordinary world-class treasures.
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Togliana. Carema Riserva
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