Named after my grandfather, whose name was Gioacchino Natale, but whom everyone called Natalin. Grignolino was his favorite wine, and always grown in these hills. I pulled it up in 1999 because the vineyard was too difficult to reach with the tractor to treat. In 2016 I replanted Grignolino on the same hillside where ‘Natalin’ planted his first vineyard, as well as rented an old vine organic vineyard in 2017. Worked in the old fashioned and traditional way, fermented and raised in 100% cement, and bottled in late spring under the ‘buona’ moon as my grandfather did. A fresh and bright expression not with out delicate tannin.
– Winery note
