Crissante Allessandria – Etruscan Wine Imports, LLC

Location

The family owns about 6 hectares of vineyards in the sub region of La Morra, more precisely in the three areas called Capalot, Roggeri and Galina. The winery as well as the winemaking are all located in the same area.

La Morra sub region is considered one of the most prestigious positions in the Barolo DOCG wine region and the soil contains a high concentration of limestone-rich Tortonian marl.

La Morra is famed of producing the most perfumed and graceful Barolos, which tend to be a more complex, and broader-textured, for sure wines of enormous elegance and finesse.

Introduction

In 1958 Crissante Alessandria, as son of a long-term winemakers, together with his wife Teresa, decided to start producing wine with their own family estate grown grapes, grapes that till then were sold to the most important cellars of the Langa wine region.

The first wine Crissante produced, protected by the solid tick basement walls of his farmhouse Cascina Roggeri in Santa Maria La Morra, was a Barolo with Nebbiolo grapes from the Roggeri and Capalot vineyards (crus), following the traditional method of production, that means aging the wine in the 25 hl Slavonian oak casks.

Nowadays the winery is run by the brothers Michele and Roberto Alessandria assisted by Michele’s son Alberto.

Over the years the family purchased new vineyards all located in excellent positions of the La Morra wine region.

In the ’80 starts the separate vinification of the Capalot and Roggeri crus, followed by the Galina cru in 2007.

Furthermore Alessandria is continuously renewing the casks in its cellar to mantain the proper balance between barriques, tonneaux and classic medium-size casks for the production of its wines.

Profile

ESTATE OWNER:

Family Alessandria
Michele Alessandria – Roberto Alessandria – Alberto Alessandria – Luca Alessandria

WINEMAKER:

Alberto Alessandria

FOUNDED:
1958

TOTAL ACREAGE UNDER VINES:

6 ha ( 15 acres)

PRODUCTION:

30.000 bottles

GRAPES FROM OTHER GROWERS

TYPE OF PRACTICE IN VINEYARD

Certified Integrated Crop Management (SQNPI)

TYPE OF PRACTICE IN WINERY

Certified Integrated Crop Management (SQNPI)

Winemaking philosophy

“Wine is the son of the Earth, of the Vine, of the Time and of the Man.”

In the vineyard quality means using only organic materials. The density per hectare is at a lowest, and green harvesting is used to keep only 5-6 bunches per vine and 100% hand-harvested.

The Cellar can count on two main areas, the wine-making and the underground aging area.

Vinification is mainly traditional, with long fermentations and maceration with submerged cap, manual pumping over and punching down, refining in small, medium and large oak maintaining always the right balance.

The sequence of the seasons differentiates each vintage, the quiet of the underground cellars allows the evolution of the aromas and flavors, making each production unique for personality and ability to create emotions.

Finally the Alessandria family has been engaged with passion for generations in the work of the vineyard and in the production of wines in synergy with the nature.