1967 | Luigi Calissano | Barolo Riserva Speciale

Characterized by chewy tannins, high acidity, high-tone cherry and raspberry fruit and truffle aromas and flavors.

Producer Information

Luigi Calissano used to be a well-known and respected Alba iron merchant in via Macrino, where he was assisted by his three sons: Vincenzo, Pietro and Giovanni. Then in 1872 he began to work limited quantities of grapes with the support of some partner friends. After a few successful years he branched out on his own, leaving the premises in via Macrino for a building known as casa Richiardi. He heard about a system for processing sparkling wines used in France, known as the “champenoise” method, from Domenico Rossano, the estate manager of the Counts of Neive. Rossano had studied with the French winemaker Louis Oudart, who had been invited to Grinzane by Cavour to supervise the production and ageing of his wines, and Calissano also gleaned information from him about a wine called “Petiot”. He decided to produce this wine, and in 1878 he made no fewer than 100 hectolitres, which he sold in January 1879 – along with 200 hectolitres of wines from the Langhe – to the French company Terrier, who paid for it in gold Napoleons (the French equivalent of the sovereign). The wine was transported by rail in a single shipment, and on that day Alba witnessed for the first time the unusual sight represented by a procession of 50 casks, containing 6 hectolitres each, winding their way towards the station: a procession which would become customary over time. In 1883 Luigi Calissano decided to expand the winery business, though he continued to deal in iron until 1892. He purchased 2,600 square meters of land just outside the town center on the road for Savona, where he started building a new factory which entered into operation in 1885 and would be completed in 1897.

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