Giuseppe Cortese

The story of the winery begins in the sixties when Giuseppe Cortese, being the brilliant winegrower he was, with Barbaresco wine becoming increasingly popular worldwide and having overcome the difficulties of the postwar period, realized that he could do more and better: the winegrowing activity that the family has been committed to for generations could develop into an independent and family-owned business. As a matter of fact, the family liv...

All our wines are born in the natural amphitheater set between the Rabajà hill, right beneath our winery, and the Trifolera hill. Most of our Nebbiolo vineyards are located in the Rabajà hill: calcareous soil, excellent exposure to sunlight and very old vineyards that give one of the greatest Barbaresco Nebbiolo Crus.

The Chardonnay, Dolcetto and Barbera vineyards grow on the other side, in the hill of Trifolera: this is where our most eleg...