La Palazzina

In 1986, Leonardo Montà founded La Palazzina winery. The first vintage bottled was the 1999. The estate, a Seventeenth Century building, belongs to Leonardo’s family since the early 1930s. Leonardo learned how to take care of the vines and how to make wine from his grandmother Maria who uses to work in the vineyard together with her husband Carlo.

La Palazzina produces Bramaterra DOC and Coste della Sesia DOC Rosso wines, both belonging to the Nebbiolo wines of the Alto Piemonte region. The Palazzina vineyard extends 4 hectares over the hills of Brusnengo, Roasio and Sostegno at 300/400 m a.s.l.. Here, the volcanic soil rich in minerals is ideal for cultivating the Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina and Uva rara native grape varieties. The vines are aged between 10 and 70 years old, with a yield of 40 quintals per hectare. The average annual production is 5000 bottles. The Guyot system is used for pruning.

The grape growing is run with special attention to environment, following the guidelines of sustainable agriculture.
Winemaking is done in a traditional way, without additives or corrections, with a minimum sulfites content. The grapes are hand picked at different times according to the variety, and follow the winemaking phases separately. After the destemming and the pressing process, fermentation with maceration takes place in concrete and steel tanks for about 12/25 days, with daily pumping over and breaking up of the cap. Then Bramaterra DOC wines are aged in big Slavonian oak tanks for 22/48 months (18 months for Coste della Sesia DOC Rosso) where, during the first summer, the malolactic fermentation takes place naturally.

The wine is then bottled and kept for a minimum of 3 to 12 months prior to distribution in order to optimize the wine ripening process, in keeping with La Palazzina’s primary goal of obtaining the maximum quality of its wines.