Nervi

Founded in 1906 by Italo Nervi, the estate is the oldest cantina in Gattinara, though family vineyard holdings on these hills go back to the 17th century. The Nervi family ran it until 1991, after which it passed to steel magnate Germano Bocciolone, then to a Norwegian group led by collector Erling Astrup in 2011, before Barolo's Roberto Conterno acquired the property in 2018. The 28.5-hectare holding sits on the red volcanic porphyry and gravelly granite that defines Gattinara, with the historic crus of Molsino, Valferana, and Garavoglie - all named in town records since the Middle Ages - anchoring the estate. The range is built around the Gattinara DOCG bottling and the single-vineyard crus, all 100 percent Nebbiolo, aged for several years in large Slavonian and French casks before release. The house style runs to lifted, fine-grained Alto Piemonte Nebbiolo - more vertical and savoury than Langhe, with the iron-and-stone signature of volcanic soils.