• Cordero di Montezemolo: since 1340, a 19 generation famaily-managed winery. • Located in in the village of La Morra, at the heart of the Barolo DOCG appellation • The vineyards have been certified organic since 2013. • Efficient and sustainable cultivation techniques: Cordero di Montezemolo received the Unesco World Heritage Friends Certificate for providing a wonderful example of integrated architecture where antique structures blend harmoniously with innovative restoration works • Great whites: age-worthy, complex, single vineyard Chardonnay and young, fresh Arneis. • Signature reds: age-worthy Barolos that slowly and continuously evolve in the bottle; Barolo Monfalletto, a multiple vineyards Barolo blend, is winery’s masterpiece of unique elegance and finesse • The family owns and makes wine from 56 hectares of land (135 acres). Among these, a hilly amphitheater of 28 hectares is planted to Nebbiolo to produce Barolo. • Dolcetto, Barbera, and Arneis are planted on the northern- facing side of the hill. • In 1965, the Cordero family purchased two hectares in the Villero cru, one of Barolo’s most coveted growing sites where grapes for its flagship single vineyard Barolo Enrico VI are sourced. • The abundance of clay and limestone translates into approchable, elegant, and fruit-driven wines.
The famous Lebanon cedar planted at the highest point of Cordero di Montezemolo’s Monfalletto estate in La Morra is one of the symbols of the Barolo appellation and one of the Langhe Hills’ most iconic landmarks. It’s even used by the Italian air force for navigation.
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