Crissante – Barolo Chinato

Description

Immersed in the Langa since its birth, in the village of La Morra is the Crissante winery, a small family business that has carried on the Piedmont tradition of great wines for several generations. Those were the years of the “Malora” (as the writer Beppe Fenoglio wrote), that is, a time of poverty and tragic peasant social conditions in the Langhe, despite these adversities small wineries made their way, determined not to abandon the land but to carry on the production of wines, one of these examples being Barolo. It was founded in 1958 at the Borgata Roggeri di Santa Maria, the year when Crissante Alessandria together with his wife decided to stop selling grapes to large wineries and start their own production. They have always had their own vineyards, which over the years have increased to 6 hectares, moreover a turning point was in the 1980s when they decided on separate vinification of the vineyards increasing quality standards. At the helm today is Michele Alessandria, few labels with limited production where the predominant grape is Nebbiolo along with Barbera and Dolcetto in some of the most renowned Cru such as Capalot. Very careful in the vineyard with natural treatments and choice of fully ripe bunches, traditional style in the wines with long vinifications and the use of oak barrels of various sizes in the aging. We only have to thank the courage and past efforts if today we can tell so many good stories about Barolo.