Introducing Our Newest Producer: Cantine Garrone
by Dixon Brooke
The vines at Cantine Garrone
© Joanie Bonfiglio
The vines at Cantine Garrone
© Joanie Bonfiglio
Introducing Our Newest Producer: Cantine Garrone
by Dixon Brooke
Way up in the northern Italian Alps, near the Swiss border, there is an old trading route across the mountains between these two countries that is thousands of years old. It was used to transport wine, cheese, livestock, and other produce and goods from Italy and the wider Mediterranean (principally through the large and active port of Genoa) north into Switzerland and beyond. Along this steep mountain path, the Cantine Garrone was founded and constructed, circa 1921, growing pergola-trained Nebbiolo, the grape the locals refer to as Prünent. You might expect to find rusticity in a place like this...I certainly did.
What I found instead was an uncommonly refined and masterfully vinified red wine, one of the silkiest and most deliciously perfumed Nebbiolos I have ever encountered, patiently matured in large cask. The wonderful surprise was further enhanced by the humility and comfortable wisdom of the Garrone family. Exactly what I had been searching for over many years was hidden in this remote corner of northern Piedmont, waiting intently, jewel-like, to be discovered. Now it is your turn to unlock the secrets of this magical mountain cave that clings to foggy hilltops and nurtures a world-class wine for your table.
Wines In The Collection
Cantine Garrone Italy | Piedmont
This smooth and noble wine has the depth and structure to pair with venison or other wild game while remaining immediately approachable. There are no rough edges!
Cantine Garrone Italy | Piedmont
The family’s top bottling of Prünent from a single vineyard is aged for an extra year in large cask and has another gear, and many corners and crevices to explore.
Italy | Piedmont
This smooth and noble wine has the depth and structure to pair with venison or other wild game while remaining immediately approachable. There are no rough edges!
Italy | Piedmont
The family’s top bottling of Prünent from a single vineyard is aged for an extra year in large cask and has another gear, and many corners and crevices to explore.
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