Monforte d’Alba

Conterno Fantino

The Conterno Fantino winery was founded in 1982 by Claudio Conterno and Guido Fantino.

Today, we cultivate 27 hectares of vines and produce about 140,000 bottles per year, split into the 4 varietals of Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto and Chardonnay. Through the years, the two founders were joined by Alda, Fabio and Elisa Fantino in various roles. Soon, Noemi and Matteo will join them. In all, during peak times, the winery employs about 10 people.

Environmental sustainability, preserving biodiversity, respect of the land and its heritage are the guiding principles in our vineyards, which are organically cultivated (as certified by CCPB). With the goal of further reducing our environmental impact, the 2008 winery expansion utilized various technical improvements with the aim of energy conservation, such as solar panels, a geothermal system and finally, the use of wetland specifically set up for wastewater purification.

The Conterno Fantino winery styles its wines with the primary goal of reflecting their own identity: from painstaking manual selection of fruit to harvest by hand using small crates; from preserving the aromas of the vineyard with spontaneous fermentation from indigenous yeasts (no commercial yeast is used here); from the careful use of wood for the ageing of the wines to the minimal use of sulfites, right up to the bottle ageing.

“This seemingly complex path is the most natural for us. Our wine is the offspring of the land in which the wines are cultivated, and once in the winery must be brought up, step by step, as if it were a member of the family.

Our wine is one of us.”

The wines

  • “Bricco Bastia” Dolcetto d’Alba DOC– 2018

    red Red 100% Dolcetto d’Alba • Vines Age over 30 years old • South-West-East Exposures • Limey-Clayey Soil • Altitude 540 mt asl • 8 days long fermentation in contact with the skins into stailess steel vats • ageing for 7 – 8 months in steel vats • further 1 month of bottle fining

  • “Vignota” Barbera d’Alba DOC – 2017

    red Red 100% Barbera d’Alba • Vines average Age over 30 years old • South-East/South-West Exposures • Limey Soil rich in marlstones • Altitude 200-400 mt asl • 10 days of skin contact in stainless steel vats • ageing for 10 months in 2nd passage barriques • further 3 months in bottle before the release

  • “Ginestrino” Langhe Nebbiolo DOC – 2018

    red Red 100% Nebbiolo • Vines Age over 15 years old • South/South-East/South-West Exposures • Clayey Soil • Altitude 200-450 mt asl • 10 days of skin contact in stainless steel vats • ageing for 10 months in 2nd passage barriques • further 3 months of bottle fining

  • Barolo “Vigna Pressenda” DOCG – 2015

    red Red 100% Nebbiolo • Vines Age up to 50 years old • South-East Exposure • Iron rich Sandstone and tufa-limestone-clay Soil • Altitude 350-370 mt asl • 12-15 days of skin contact in stainless steel vats • Aged for 12 months in barriques, 12 months in 25Hl Slavonian Oak casks • further 10 months of bottle fining before the release

  • Barolo "Vigna del Gris" DOCG – 2015

    red Red 100% Nebbiolo • Vines average Age over 30 years old • South/South-East Exposures • Sandy-Silty-Clayey Soil • Altitude 300-320 mt asl • 12-15 days of skin contact in stainless steel vats • Aged for 12 months in barriques, 12 months in 25Hl Slavonian Oak casks • further 10 months of bottle fining before the release

  • Barolo "Mosconi" DOCG – 2015

    red Red 100% Nebbiolo • Vines Average Age over 40 years old • South Exposure • Silty-Sandy-Clayey Soil • Altitude 360-380 mt asl • 12-15 days of skin contact in stainless steel vats • Aged for 12 months in barriques, 12 months in 25Hl Slavonian Oak casks • further 10 months of bottle fining before the release

  • Barolo "Sorì Ginestra" DOCG – 2015

    red Red 100% Nebbiolo • Vines average age over 40 years old • South Exposure • Silty-Sandy-Clayey Soil • Altitude 340-370 mt asl • 12-15 days of skin contact in stainless steel vats • Aged for 12 months in barriques, 12 months in 25Hl Slavonian Oak casks • further 10 months of bottle fining before the release

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