History

The new cellar and the fifth generation With the turn of the century, work began on the new underground cellar, dug into the rock, under the Castelletto vineyards. Here, a magnificent source of water was discovered by pure chance. It has been preserved and made open to visitors. Finally, in 2012 the new tasting room [...]

The Barolo revolution between modernism and tradition The end of the 1980s marked a historic change in the world of Barolo. The most important – and thus far underrated – wine of these hills climbed the ranks thanks to the excellent scores given by American wine magazines. The producers started two schools of production and [...]

Agricultural mechanization and Gramolere Post-war Langhe was less populated, and an entire generation left the land for the city, in search of a better life. Giovanni Manzone was one of the few who decided to stay in the countryside. Driven by the desire to innovate, he bought the first Lamborghini crawler tractor, suitable for working the [...]

Surviving and looking further Ciabot del Preve turned out to be very productive. Wheat and corn were produced; oxen and hens were raised; there were also sheep that grazed in the woods covering the area. But the real treasure were the vines: independently processing and vinifying grapes in the 1950s meant exponentially increasing the value of [...]

The idea of wine: Ciabot del Preve But Giovanni had a vision. Born in 1886, he had worked as a cellarman in one of the most innovative wineries in the area, the Cantina Sociale di Monforte d’Alba, founded in the early 19th century by Monsignor Dall’Orto. After the Great War, the winery closed [...]

Castelletto the struggle of a “poor” land Giovanni was far from happy after the draw. He got the poorest plots, the most difficult to cultivate. He would have to move in carts and animals away from the village where he grew up, on steep and stony ground less suitable for wheat and corn.  Giovanni and his [...]

Drawing the inheritance Stefano Manzone decided to assign the inheritance of his possessions to his sons, by organizing a draw at a family lunch. His son Giovanni Manzone obtained the Ciabot del Preve, the house and the farm of the old parish priest of Castelletto. The parcels of Castelletto were the most difficult [...]