Bersano

The Bersano winery story starts at the beginning of the past century in Nizza Monferrato, the heart of the Barbera d’Asti district. Territory and Vineyards, soul of the grape, immediately became the winery’s main features when Arturo Bersano in 1935 took up the family run business. A visionary man whose motto “if you want to drink well, get yourself a vineyard” inspires our philosophy and work. The great passion of Massimelli and Soave families, the winery’s owners since 30 years, has enlarged the asset of Bersano vineyards and estates without forgetting his history and tradition and making the winery one of the most important wine reality in the country.

It ‘s been almost a century since Arturo Bersano tied his name to the three leading Piedmontese varieties: Barbera, Nebbiolo and Brachetto becoming a true pioneer either in the vineyards or in the cellar. Since then, the winemaking techniques have been refined, using equipment that ensure ever more sophisticated controls, but the “ways” and “time” to make wine have not changed. From the soft pressing of the grapes to fermentation, until the maturation and refinement, each operation is carried out with full respect for tradition. In the footsteps of Arturo special attention is always given to wood aging, the real winery asset. Our impressive Cellars treasure large Slavonian oak casks, the barrels of French Allier oak that accomplices constant temperature and humidity, to ensure optimal conditions for wine maturation and aging.

Young, passionate, tight-knit and qualified so they wanted it Federica Massimelli and Corrado Soave, the latest generation of the family to head the company for more than a quarter of a century. Paolo Lovisolo after a degree in economics chose to abandon a promising early career in banking to devote himself to the wine world, a universe that has always fascinated him. True wine addicted is Roberto Morosinotto, winemaker enthusiastic and competent. Often the rhythms of his day are determined by those imposed by the transformation of the grapes and the wine making. Saturdays and Sundays, bank holidays, sunrise and sunset , its being in the cellar is a steady presence. And last but not least , Filippo Mobrici, a degree in Agriculture and a contagious energy, at the head of a large team that manages, with attention to the environment and the preservation of our landscape, a unique heritage of lands and vineyards.

The adventure begins with the purchase of Cascina Cremosina, an old noble manor house and vineyards around the aging cellar of Nizza Monferrato, where the Barbera d’Asti is undisputed protagonist. Later came the acquisitions of the vineyards in Langhe area (Cascina Badarina in Serralunga d’Alba), the expansion of the beloved grape Barbera (Cascina Generala, Monteolivo Vineyards, Cascina Buccelli, Cascina Prata) and the prestigious estates dedicated to Moscato (Cascina San Michele) and Brachetto (Cascina Castelgaro). Last in order of time Ruché and Grignolino (Cascina San Pietro). Today, the vineyards extend over 230 hectares in the best crus of the Langhe and Monferrato. A team of talented, qualified winemakers and agronomists dedicate great care and passion in all the farm procedures to select the best grapes. Starting from the vineyards with careful pruning passing through the thinning arriving to the most important moment: the harvest. Clusters are treated with the utmost care to preserve the essence of the grape and to produce wines of rare elegance with a strong personality and great expression of the terroir.

With an extension of vineyards of about 10 hectares of nebbiolo for producing Barolo, this unique terroir is producing wines of great and rare elegance with an extraordinary complex aromatic bouquet and a rich austere body mainly obtained by a very good gap between daytime and night temperatures. The soil is calcareous with a considerable limey-clay component, the exposure south, south-est and the altitude of 450 meters above sea level is quite unusual for the area.
The estate has been owned by Bersano since 1968; a forward-looking decision considering then the future success of Barolo. With the purchase of the estate Bersano was one of the first producer to foster this trend and guaranteed the winery one of the most particularly fortunate area for growing this grape and within the most important Crus.
Bersano boats more than a century of working specifically with Nebbiolo. The Ministry of Agriculture recognizes its dedication by making an exception to the regulations in the production of Barolo and Barbaresco permitting vinification and bottling to take place in Nizza Monferrato.