Wine Calafata, “Majulina”, Toscana IGT, 2021

White Wine Gavi “Vigneto Alborina” Barrique from the company Castello di Tassarolo made from Cortese grapes grown in vineyards located in Gavi at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level, with a clay-limestone soils are very poor on organic matter. The whole process of wine production is carefully controlled.

Castle Castello di Tassarolo belongs to one of the most influential families in the region. Spinola family is one of the oldest families in Europe, in its composition in the past – the builders of churches, the financiers of the Crusades and even trips Christopher Columbus. Their castle Tassarolo was once the entire state – with its mint and economies where viticulture takes a firm, stable place from generation to generation. Tassarolo Castle was built in the XII century and is still preserved in its original form. It is situated in a valley between Novi and Gavi, in the Piedmont region. Until the French Revolution Spinola family controlled vast areas and was comparable to the political importance to the family of the Medici in Florence.

Spinola family owns the castle Tassarolo Alto Monferrato in XIV century. The castle was built around the tower of the XI century and has since been expanded several times and restored, especially in the Renaissance. Castle Castello di Tassarolo surrounded by vineyards. All the grapes are harvested by hand, with the yield does not exceed 65%. Five different wines made Massimilianoy Spinola and enologist Vincenzo Muni, which perfectly combine family traditions with modern oenological knowledge. Grapes are grown using bio-organic fertilizer, crop is harvested by hand. Harvested grapes placed in a cellar, in which fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature. All stages of wine production also carefully monitored enologist Vincenzo Muni.