Vercellino

Tenuta Vercellino, Valdengo, Piemonte

Tenute Vercellino emerged in 2020 when siblings Lorenzo and Giuli took back the family vineyard and restored the beautiful brick-vaulted cellars under their home in readiness for their first harvest. 

Lorenzo is a trained oenologist, Giuli is a vet whose horses supply sustenance to the vineyard where acidic, sandy soils impede the vines natural vigour.  Lorenzo works the vineyards with help from a local, Luigi.  In the cellar he is alone, he has no consultant or outside assistance; these wines are the product of a very committed, clear-thinking.

Vercellino is the only producer in Valdengo.  Their vineyards are steeply terraced looking south over the paddies to Monferrato.  The vines were planted by their grandfather and father.  In 2021 a second, mature vineyard was rented in nearby Cerreto Castello and another in Lessona, that has been totally re-planted; it is the only one where Lorenzo can use a small tractor!  In total he has 2ha, farmed with great sympathy for the environment.