Enrico Serafino

Cantina Enrico Serafino was founded in 1878 in Canale d’Alba, one of the main towns of the Roero district and a farming centre with a long history that can be traced back to the early Middle Ages. Established by businessman and landowner Enrico Serafino, the winery soon became one of the most important in Piedmont and among the first to sell the region’s classic wines throughout Italy and abroad. During the 1990s the production facilities were completely modernised. Since 2002 the entire production process has been internally monitored and controlled using state-of-the art equipment for pressing, vinification and bottling.

The estate’s vineyards are situated on hillsides with medium-textured sandy, limestone and clay soils and cover an area of 12 hectares, all in the municipality of Canale d’Alba. They are planted with the following grape varieties: 4 hectares of Arneis, 6 hectares of Nebbiolo and approximately 2 hectares of Barbera. In addition to these grapes, each year additional raw material is obtained from several selected growers, whose work is monitored by our agronomists.

Cantina Enrico Serafino's innovative spirit, which strives to develop production to express excellence in new ways, has given rise to a new project, conceived as a "cellar within the cellar" and called "Cantina Maestra”, after the old Via Maestra road that still runs through the centre of the little town of Casale.

The aim of the Cantina Maestra Project can be thus summed up: “maximum valorisation of the Roero and Alta Langa area, the cultural epicentres of the historic roots of Piedmontese winemaking”. The fundamental elements of the project are:

The best oenologists and agronomists with firm roots in the area: bringing together great Piedmontese professional expertise – Beppe Caviola, Paolo Giacosa and Lorenzo Barbero – capable of conveying the unique and very diverse expressions of the grape varieties to the wines;

Rigorous selection of grapes: commencing in the vineyard in order to achieve the best selection of grapes, and to establish ongoing relationships with a few faithful growers of the area, with whom to share working strategies;

“Roero character” in the wines: the essence of the “Roero character” can be recognised in the pleasantness, great drinkability and elegance of all the wines produced.